Meanings
- not comparableslangintoxicated on beer.
Actually he looks much like what is depicted in American movies as the typical pre-war Bavarian who sits goodhumoredly drinking beer out of a giant stein, bellowing ebulliently in beered-up delight as a blonde-braided girl and a lederhosened man dance to the accompaniment of a merry accordion.
1963, John Rechy, City of Night, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, Inc., →LCCN, page 2641 more example
Cardiff is a legendary boozing town, and right up there with Dublin and Prague when it comes to hen and stag parties – most Friday and Saturday nights see the city centre invaded by hordes of beered-up lads dressed in ladies’ underwear, and sparkly stetsoned, stilettoed ladettes tottering from club to karaoke bar to kebab shop.
2007, David Atkinson, Neil Wilson, Wales, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 98, column 1Synonyms: drunk
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveintoxicated on beer.
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