Some terms relating to drunkenness from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue” [1811]

ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.

ALTITUDES. The man is in his altitudes, i.e. he is drunk.

TO CAT, or SHOOT THE CAT. To vomit from drunkenness.

CORNED. Drunk.

CUP-SHOT. Drunk.

DUTCH FEAST. Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest.

HALF SEAS OVER. Almost drunk.

NAZY. Drunken. Nazy cove or mort; a drunken rogue or harlot.

SURVEYOR OF THE HIGHWAYS. One reeling drunk.

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Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
– Gustave Flaubert

Some terms relating to drunkenness from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue” [1811]

ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.

ALTITUDES. The man is in his altitudes, i.e. he is drunk.

TO CAT, or SHOOT THE CAT. To vomit from drunkenness.

CORNED. Drunk.

CUP-SHOT. Drunk.

DUTCH FEAST. Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest.

HALF SEAS OVER. Almost drunk.

NAZY. Drunken. Nazy cove or mort; a drunken rogue or harlot.

SURVEYOR OF THE HIGHWAYS. One reeling drunk.

(via invisiblestories)

(Source: gutenberg.org)

Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
– Gustave Flaubert
Some terms relating to drunkenness from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue” [1811]
"Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity."

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