shickered
adjUK /ˈʃɪkəd/
Etymology From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור.
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Australia, New Zealand, Colloquial Drunk.
- ‘I'm shikkered. I've never been so shikkered before. Do you know how I know? Because,’ he started giggling, ‘because I don't normally fucking swear.’1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 458:
- 'You're shickered, dear.' She is coolly diagnostic. 'You know what you're like when you're shickered.'1994, Annamarie Jagose, In Translation, page 13:
- Synonyms
- drunk