top-heavy with drink
top-heavy with drink adjective: drunk.
Adjective
top-heavy with drink (comparative more top-heavy with drink, superlative most top-heavy with drink)
- drunk
- To have a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.1893, John Stephen Farmer, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Vol. III—Fla. to Hyps.,, page 278
- Imagine yourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express for the eastern metropolis; the train made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express cars; with an engineer top-heavy with drink, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line...1910, Avery N. Beebe, “Enforced Sobriety”, in The World To-day, volume 19, page 1164
- Synonyms:
- drunk
top-heavy with drink meaning in Bengali
Synonyms of top-heavy with drink
Forms of top-heavy with drink
| comparative | more top-heavy with drink |
|---|---|
| superlative | most top-heavy with drink |
Origin of top-heavy with drink
US, late 19th century. Due to staggering walk when drunk; compare brick in one's hat.
Questions about top-heavy with drink
- What does top-heavy with drink mean?
- Top-heavy with drink means drunk.
- What is top-heavy with drink in Bengali?
- Top-heavy with drink in Bengali is মদ্যপ. See Top-heavy with drink meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is top-heavy with drink?
- Top-heavy with drink is an adjective.
Words near top-heavy with drink in the dictionary
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