shagged

shagged
/shagd/, adj.
Informal. weary; exhausted (usually fol. by out): They were completely shagged out from the long trip.
[1930-35; orig. uncert.]

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  • shagged — mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ She is mucho shagged! □ Nobody is not too shagged to drive or something like that …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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  • shagged — (also shagged out) adjective Brit. informal exhausted …   English new terms dictionary

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