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/shik"euhrd/, adj. Slang.intoxicated; drunk.[1910-15; < Yiddish shiker ( < Heb shikkor drunk, a drunkard) + -ED2]
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shickered — adj drunk. The word is used primarily in the USA and Australia. It is from shikker, the Yiddish word for inebriated, which itself is from the Hebrew shikor. ► You re stoned, Bazza! ► Come off it just a bit shicker. (Bazza Comes into His Own,… … Contemporary slang
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shickered — shick•ered [[t]ˈʃɪk ərd[/t]] adj. australian sts chiefly aus. sl. intoxicated; drunk • Etymology: 1910–15; < Yiddish shiker < Heb shikkōr drunk; a drunkard … From formal English to slang
shickered — /ˈʃɪkəd / (say shikuhd) adjective Colloquial drunk; intoxicated. Also, shicker. {shicker + ed3} …
shickered — adjective see shicker I … Useful english dictionary
shicker — /shik euhr/, n. Slang. 1. alcoholic liquor. 2. a drunkard. [1890 95; < Yiddish shiker (see SHICKERED) by back formation from SHICKERED] * * * … Universalium
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