swipey

English

Etymology

swipe +‎ -y; see swipe (“inferior beer”).

Adjective

swipey (comparative more swipey, superlative most swipey)

  1. (dated) Drunk; tipsy.
    • 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. 28:
      "I've brought home Mr. Chuzzlewit. He ain't ill. He's only a little swipey, you know." Mr. Bailey reeled in his boots, to express intoxication.
    • 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide, ch. 11:
      "Lord, I've an 'eadache on me!" said he. "I believe I was a bit swipey last night."

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