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half-seas over

[haf-seez, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌsiz, ˈhɑf- /














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Stop barking, you little dog Rover, Till Linda can get half-seas over.

From The Woman Who Dared by Epes Sargent

He who would many an evil shun   Will find my plan the best-- To trim the sail as shifts the gale,   And half-seas over rest.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Oh, by Jove, it's quite true!" said the irreverent Saxon; "you used to tell me about it every night when you were half-seas over at Shrewsbury.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

It was plain that she was more than half-seas over towards faith in the girl, and quite ready to take her up and exhibit her among her friends.

From The Tyranny of the Dark by Hamlin Garland

"I thought thou wert there all along, being already half-seas over," said Cary.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley


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