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half-seas over

[haf-seez, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌsiz, ˈhɑf- /














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That last morning at prayers Godefroy, who was half-seas over, must yelp out a loud "Amen" in the wrong place.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

"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 Kingsley, Charles

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 Garland, Hamlin

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

I never believed you got half-seas over, anyhow; but, to return to our muttons, why didn’t you hand down a few varieties of the Therium family to posterity? 

From A House-Boat on the Styx by Bangs, John Kendrick




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