Mudcat Café message #2551696

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Thread #118066 Message #2551696
Posted By: Jim Carroll
29-Jan-09 - 03:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: Origins and meanings of words and phrases
Subject: RE: BS: Origins and meanings of words and phrases

Screwed = tipsy "like a four-bottle man" - "not firm on his legs, but by no means subdued" (circa 1840)
Blued = Drunk (From 'Blue Tape gin, presumably a brand name) (19th-20th century)
Glue-pot = a public house (circa 1880)
Also = has gonorrhea
Also = a parson - (from joining men and women together)

Take your pick

Jim Carroll