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how came you so

how came you so adjective: drunk.

Adjective

how came you so (comparative more how came you so, superlative most how came you so)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Drunk.
    • A very little man, very 'how came you so,' / Went home on a dingy night; / It was past twelve o'clock, he'd a long way to go, / And he walk'd like a crab, left and right.1850, William Mark Clark, Clark's Orphean Warbler, page 258
    • Wine took a large part in the Egyptian ritual, […] and in private life women were not restricted in its use. In fact, the ungallant Egyptians have left behind them several delineations of ladies in a decided state of "how came you so?"1892, James Mew, John Ashton, Drinks of the World, volume 1, page 16

Forms of how came you so

comparativemore how came you so
superlativemost how came you so

Questions about how came you so

What does how came you so mean?
How came you so means drunk.
What part of speech is how came you so?
How came you so is an adjective.

Words near how came you so in the dictionary

  1. how are you doing
  2. how are you getting along
  3. how are you going
  4. how are you keeping
  5. how bist
  6. how came you so
  7. how can you sleep at night
  8. how come
  9. how dare someone
  10. how dare you
  11. how did it go

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