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three sheets in the wind

three sheets in the wind adjective: drunk.

Adjective

three sheets in the wind (not comparable)

  1. Drunk.

Origin of three sheets in the wind

See three sheets to the wind.

Questions about three sheets in the wind

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

Words near three sheets in the wind in the dictionary

  1. three score and fifth
  2. three score and ten
  3. three seconds rule
  4. three seconds rules
  5. three sheets
  6. three sheets in the wind
  7. three sheets to the wind
  8. three sisters
  9. three sixties
  10. three sixty
  11. three skips of a louse

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