单词 | to have a brick in one's hat |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also carry) a brick in one's hat P14. U.S. colloquial. to have (also carry) a brick in one's hat and variants: to be intoxicated; to be extremely drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 1847 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 14 Oct. 1/3 Who that ever carried ‘a brick in his hat’, don't know what ‘hot coppers’ means? 1873 Ann. Iowa Apr. 418 The Captain..had been to town to attend a military drill, and had got, as was a common saying, ‘a brick in his hat’. 1904 C. Prosch Reminisc. Washington Territory xiv. 58 It is only those who wander about the wharves with large-sized bricks in their hats who step or tumble off into the water. 1939 Groesbeck Jrnl. 8 Sept. The drunkard..goes wabbling home with a brick in his hat. 2012 J. Sharpe Rocky Mountain Ruckus vi. 37 Crazy Charlie, though sipping from a jug, wasn't yet carrying a brick in his hat. < as lemmas |
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