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had a snootful

had a snootful is the simple past and past participle of have a snootful.

Meaning of have a snootful

Verb

have a snootful (third-person singular simple present has a snootful, present participle having a snootful, simple past and past participle had a snootful)

  1. (idiomatic) To be drunk.
    • Billy usually didn’t drink much, because the war had ruined his stomach, but he certainly had a snootful now, and he was being unfaithful to his wife Valencia for the first and only time.1969, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., chapter 2 (pages 19–42), in Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-dance with Death, Vintage edition (1991 paperback), London: Vintage Books, published 2000...

Questions about had a snootful

What is had a snootful the simple past and past participle of?
Had a snootful is the simple past and past participle of have a snootful.

Words near had a snootful in the dictionary

  1. had a screw loose
  2. had a seat
  3. had a shit
  4. had a short memory
  5. had a sixpenny bit up one's backside
  6. had a snootful
  7. had a stab
  8. had a tantrum
  9. had a thick head
  10. had a thin time of it
  11. had a thing going on

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