The title and the dead father's name play on a slang expression for being drunk: “
three sheets to the wind” or “three sheets in the wind.” Cora Smallhill tells her son
Cufe the story of the name and of her first meeting Frankie, the man who ...
A sheet [or three,orfour sheets] in the wind (or wind's eye).—More orless tipsy;
half seas over (q.v.) : see Screwed. 1821. Egan, Real Life,1. 385. Old Wax and
Bristlesis about three sheets in the wind. 1835. Dana,Beforethe Mast, 185.
Though S.
For a synonym, see fifth wheel. three sheets to the wind Also, three sheets in the
wind. Drunk, inebriated, as in After six beers he's three sheets to the wind. This
expression is generally thought to refer to the sheet—that is, a rope or chain—
that ...
Put those drunken sailors together with the maritime jargon and you get a pretty
clear meaning of three sheets to the wind, although the original version of the
phrase has been purported to be three sheets in the wind. THRESHOLD Wheat ...
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The Entertainment of a Nation: Or,
Three-
sheets in the Wind
Or, Three-sheets in the Wind George Jean Nathan. Post editorials. The Dorothy
Thompsons and their boyfriends may write their heads off and yet they can no
more bring down a single Messerschmitt with their propaganda screeches than
they ...
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The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
(Robert Frost, “The Generations of Men,” 1914) three sheets in the wind Drunk.
This old expression still is heard in New England. It generally is heard in the rest
of the United States as three sheets to the wind. three sheets in the wind and ...
Wine and Spirits Caution A Mess Night is absolutely not a time to become 'three
sheets in the wind'. That is an old sailing ship term for being tipsy for the history-
deficient. Some readers will say that it's not "in the wind" but "to the wind". It is true
...
Charles J. Gibowicz,
2007
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Sixpence for
the Wind: A Knot of Nautical Folklore
A Knot of Nautical Folklore Malcolm Archibald. empty keg with water; the
resulting mixture was referred to as 'bull' and was a very inferior drink. Then there
is 'three sheets in the wind' meaning drunk. A sheet is the rope fastened to the
clew, ...
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American Gothic: An Anthology from Salem Witchcraft to H. P. ...
They wa'n't in no go-to-meetin' condition, an' one of 'em, he slapped the table an'
said, 'Le' 's go over an' hear that lady sing!' an' over they all went, good honest
sailors, but three sheets in the wind, and stepped in as if they was invited, ...
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. ...
Three sheets in the wind, by Guy Gilpatric. New York, Dodd, Mead & company,
1936. 4 p. L, 243 p. 19i«. © Mur. 16, 1986: 2c. Mar. 18; nff. Mnr. 17: A 93221; G.
Gilpatric, New York. (36-7088) 1523 Gray, Mrs. Fannie Smith. Missionary plays
and ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office,
1937
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Three Sheets In New Haven On A Smooth Run
According to phrases.org.uk, "sheets" refers to lines, not sails, and the term "three sheets to the wind," or more correctly "three sheets in the wind," describes a ... «Hartford Courant, 11月 14»
Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Three Sheets to the Wind
The phrase is these days more often given as 'three sheets to the wind', rather than the original 'three sheets in the wind'. The earliest printed citation that I can ... «Deep-Sea News, 5月 09»