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has a brick in one's hat

has a brick in one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have a brick in one's hat.

Meaning of have a brick in one's hat

Verb

have a brick in one's hat (third-person singular simple present has a brick in one's hat, present participle having a brick in one's hat, simple past and past participle had a brick in one's hat)

  1. (New-England, idiomatic, obsolete) To be drunk.
    • Seated at the same table with our Mr.—, was a gentleman, who, to use the current phrase, ‘had a brick in his hat.’1846 November, “Magnelia Pedestria; or, Leaves from a Pedestrian’s Note Book”, in The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 12, number 1, page 33

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What is has a brick in one's hat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has a brick in one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have a brick in one's hat.

Words near has a brick in one's hat in the dictionary

  1. has a ball
  2. has a bath
  3. has a bird
  4. has a bite
  5. has a bone to pick
  6. has a brick in one's hat
  7. has a bun in the oven
  8. has a care
  9. has a clue
  10. has a cob on
  11. has a cow

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