tin hatsadj.

Brit.

/ˌtɪn ˈhats/, U.S.

/ˌtɪn ˈhæts/

Forms: see tin hat n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tin hat n.

Etymology: < the plural of tin hat n. (compare phrases at tin hat n. 2 and see discussion at that entry). Compare slightly earlier tin-hatted adj.

slang (chiefly Nautical). Now rare.

Drunk. Only in predicative use. Cf. tin hat adj., tin-hatted adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 246/2 Tin hat (Anglo-Port Said), drunk—two tin hats very drunk—three, incapable, and to be carried on board.]

1910 Englishman 4 May 767/1 When a sailor gets intoxicated he is ‘tin hats’ or ‘three sheets in the wind’.

1911 New Age 11 May 33/1 When a man goes home to his ol' woman a bit tin-hats, [etc.].

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ii. 24 ‘No, sir, not drunk, only a bit shaky like,’ I sez, though I knowed orl the time I'd bin properly tin 'ats.

1928 Chamber's Jrnl. 6 Oct. 720/2 We have evidently something to learn from them, namely, how to keep a wife and family and get ‘tin 'ats’ for forty-eight hours at a stretch on a shilling a day.

1931 Punch 21 Oct. 430/3 Of course I suppose that if a cove was in the 'abit of gettin' tin-'ats the Owner would 'int at it with a ‘I 'ave known this orficer sober.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tin hats
释义	tin hatsadj. Brit. /ˌtɪn ˈhats/, U.S. /ˌtɪn ˈhæts/ Forms: see tin hat n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tin hat n. Etymology: < the plural of tin hat n. (compare phrases at tin hat n. 2 and see discussion at that entry). Compare slightly earlier tin-hatted adj. slang (chiefly Nautical). Now rare. Drunk. Only in predicative use. Cf. tin hat adj., tin-hatted adj. 1. ΚΠ 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 246/2 Tin hat (Anglo-Port Said), drunk—two tin hats very drunk—three, incapable, and to be carried on board.] 1910 Englishman 4 May 767/1 When a sailor gets intoxicated he is ‘tin hats’ or ‘three sheets in the wind’. 1911 New Age 11 May 33/1 When a man goes home to his ol' woman a bit tin-hats, [etc.]. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ii. 24 ‘No, sir, not drunk, only a bit shaky like,’ I sez, though I knowed orl the time I'd bin properly tin 'ats. 1928 Chamber's Jrnl. 6 Oct. 720/2 We have evidently something to learn from them, namely, how to keep a wife and family and get ‘tin 'ats’ for forty-eight hours at a stretch on a shilling a day. 1931 Punch 21 Oct. 430/3 Of course I suppose that if a cove was in the 'abit of gettin' tin-'ats the Owner would 'int at it with a ‘I 'ave known this orficer sober.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1910
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