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a sheet in the wind

a sheet in the wind adjective: drunk.

Adjective

a sheet in the wind (not comparable)

  1. Drunk.

Origin of a sheet in the wind

See three sheets to the wind.

Questions about a sheet in the wind

What does a sheet in the wind mean?
A sheet in the wind means drunk.
What part of speech is a sheet in the wind?
A sheet in the wind is an adjective.

Words near a sheet in the wind in the dictionary

  1. a rolling stone gathers no moss
  2. A rolls
  3. a roo loose in the top paddock
  4. a sharp
  5. a sharps
  6. a sheet in the wind
  7. a sheet in the wind's eye
  8. a short drop and a sudden stop
  9. a small matter
  10. a smidgen
  11. a smidgeon

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