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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)

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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

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

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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