sewed up

adjective

Drunk.

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Meanings

verb

alternative adjective sewed-up

  1. pastsimple past of sew up
adjectivesewed up (comparative more sewed up, superlative most sewed up)

comparative more sewed up · superlative most sewed up · alternative adjective sewed-up

  1. archaicslangDrunk.

    Why, zounds! the infernal rascal's dead-drunk in earnest; sewed up completely […]

    1840, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Greyslaer: A Romance of the Mohawk, volume 2, page 198
  2. slangAfrican-American VernacularSecured, in the bag.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
drunk
Cite this entry
APA

sewed up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewed%20up

MLA

“sewed up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewed%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sewed up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewed%20up.

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