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Thread #117454   Message #2532091
Posted By: Amos
05-Jan-09 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: The Thousand Names of Drunk
Subject: RE: Folklore: The Thousand Names of Drunk
Lumbered can also mean cluttered, stacked up or burdened. I have never before encountered it as meaning drunk, buty it may be regional and it has a certain logic do it. You get to staggering along like a man carrying a great load of lumber. And also lumbering along as though your boots were much too heavy for your legs.


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