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a sheet in the wind's eye en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

See three sheets to the wind.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Drunk.
    • Maybe you think we were all a sheet in the wind’s eye. But I’ll tell you I was sober; I was on’y dog tired; and if I’d awoke a second sooner, I’d ’a caught you at the act, I would. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC: