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shickered en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃɪkəd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור.

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial) Drunk.
   • '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:
   • ‘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:

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Synonyms

drunk

shickered en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃɪkəd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of shicker
   form of shicker

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