Definitions

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  • adjective Slang Somewhat drunk.

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  • adjective Somewhat drunk.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slew.

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Examples

  • And then she kind of slewed round and she dropped the cup.

    Death in Ecstasy Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1936

  • Here is a heavy-faced young fellow in evening dress, perhaps endeavoring to act the part of a gentleman, who has come from an evening party unfortunately a little "slewed," but who does not know how to sustain the character, for presently he becomes very familiar and confidential with the dignified colored waiter at the buffet, who requires all his native politeness to maintain the character of a gentleman for two.

    Their Pilgrimage Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • I wanted to know what arms he carried to the fray, whether he touched up his sword on the grind-stone before sallying forth, how many men or women he had called upon to stand in the name of her gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, how many skulls he had cloven, how many diggers he had "slewed," and how many peaceful prisoners he had brought back to the Government camp.

    The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862

  • He was so "slewed" when he went in that he had forgotten all his antecedents, and woke up, as he thought, in a "gin'ral row."

    Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

  • "slewed," but who does not know how to sustain the character, for presently he becomes very familiar and confidential with the dignified colored waiter at the buffet, who requires all his native politeness to maintain the character of a gentleman for two.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Whole days in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dress yellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe; the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this to me?

    2009 November 06 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • One night Caroline's old Saab skidded on the half-plowed road and slewed into the ditch.

    A View of Equinox William Doreski 2011

  • One night Caroline's old Saab skidded on the half-plowed road and slewed into the ditch.

    A View of Equinox William Doreski 2011

  • The truck slewed from side to side and finally rolled to a stop.

    Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011

  • In 2005 he won a rap battle final and a £2,000 prize by telling black rapper Roky: "You got slewed, my bars are harder too/ I'm the reason your little sister ain't as dark as you".

    Professor Green: 'Lily Allen put me back on my feet' 2011

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