Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of drunk driving.
A man was arrested for drunken driving after a crash Downtown early Saturday morning injured two people, Madison police reported.
2023 April 5, “Man arrested for OWI after Downtown crash”, in Wisconsin State Journal, 184th year, number 125, page A52 more examples
In Wilmington, Del., Ernest H. Carter was fined $550 for drunken driving after he pulled into a brightly illuminated suburban police station, tooted his horn, told a cop he was there for curb service, ordered coffee and a hamburger.
1958 July 21, “Miscellany”, in Time, page 84Combined with sobriety checkpoints, especially around bars, convenience stores, and other predictable haunts of the booze-cruisers, the new flashlight device could be an important weapon against drunken driving.
1985 June 3, “Anti-drunk technology”, in Daily Press, 90th year, number 154, page A4
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