shickered

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shickered

(ˈʃɪkəd)
adj
slang Austral and NZ drunk; intoxicated
[via Yiddish from Heb.]
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shick•ered

(ˈʃɪk ərd)

adj.
Chiefly Australian Slang. intoxicated; drunk.
[1910–15; < Yiddish shiker < Hebrew shikkōr drunk; a drunkard]
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Translations
beschickernschicker
References in periodicals archive
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