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a sheet in the wind's eye

a sheet in the wind's eye adjective: drunk.

Adjective

a sheet in the wind's eye (not comparable)

  1. Drunk.
    • Maybe you think we were all a sheet in the wind’s eye. But I’ll tell you I was sober; I was on’y dog tired; and if I’d awoke a second sooner, I’d ’a caught you at the act, I would.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Origin of a sheet in the wind's eye

See three sheets to the wind.

Questions about a sheet in the wind's eye

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

Words near a sheet in the wind's eye in the dictionary

  1. A rolls
  2. a roo loose in the top paddock
  3. a sharp
  4. a sharps
  5. a sheet in the wind
  6. a sheet in the wind's eye
  7. a short drop and a sudden stop
  8. a small matter
  9. a smidgen
  10. a smidgeon
  11. a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

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