shickered

Also found in: Idioms.

(ˈʃɪkəd)

adj

slang Austral and NZ drunk; intoxicated

[via Yiddish from Heb.]

shick•ered

(ˈʃɪk ərd)

adj.

Chiefly Australian Slang. intoxicated; drunk.

[1910–15; < Yiddish shiker < Hebrew shikkōr drunk; a drunkard]

Translations

beschickernschicker

References in periodicals archive ?

Or the surreal ingenuity of the Americanisms "shickered", "plastered", and (my own favourite) "tying one on"?

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