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单词 squiffy
释义 squiffy, a. slang.|ˈskwɪfɪ|
[Of fanciful formation.]
1. Intoxicated; drunk.
1855Mrs. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 375 Curious enough there is a Lady Erskine, wife of Lord E, her husband's eldest brother living at Bollington, who tipples & ‘gets squiffy’ just like this Mrs E.1874Slang Dict. 307 Squiffy, slightly inebriated.1884Mrs. C. Praed Zéro viii, At night she is generally a little squiffy.1894G. W. Appleton Co. Respondent ii. 42 You're a bit squiffy, aren't you, Dick? No, I'm as sober as a water⁓spout.
2. Askew, skew-whiff.
1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Squiffy, askew.1977G. Melly Rum, Bum & Concertina vii. 85, I never associated it with an orgy, a term I felt to imply a Roman profusion of grapes, wine, buttocks, breasts, marble chaises-longues, and squiffy laurel crowns.
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