budgy

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adjective

Drunk.

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Meanings

adjectivebudgy (comparative more budgy, superlative most budgy)

comparative more budgy · superlative most budgy

  1. obsoleterareslangDrunk.
    1 more example

    Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; stopped a moment at the bar to have a last tot […] and then I heard the spring-door slap after him. […] So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to.

    1876, The Shamrock, volume 14

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
drunk

Origin

From budge + -y, from budge (“strong drink”).

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APA

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MLA

“budgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budgy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “budgy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budgy.

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