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four sheets in the wind

four sheets in the wind adjective: drunk.

Adjective

four sheets in the wind (not comparable)

  1. Drunk.

Origin of four sheets in the wind

See three sheets to the wind.

Questions about four sheets in the wind

What does four sheets in the wind mean?
Four sheets in the wind means drunk.
What part of speech is four sheets in the wind?
Four sheets in the wind is an adjective.

Words near four sheets in the wind in the dictionary

  1. four score
  2. four score and seven years ago
  3. four score and ten
  4. four score seven years ago
  5. Four Seasons
  6. four sheets in the wind
  7. four sheets to the wind
  8. Four Shire Stone
  9. Four Species
  10. four square
  11. four thieves' vinegar

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