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cup-shot

adj

Etymology

England, late 15th century–early 19th century. From cup (“drinking vessel”) + shot (“discharged, cleared”).

  1. inherited from *skutą✻
  2. inherited from sceot
  3. inherited from schot
  4. compounded as cup-shot — “cup + shot”

Definitions

  1. Intoxicated

    Intoxicated; drunk.

    • A young Enchantresse close by him did stand / Tapping his plump thighes with a mirtle wand: / She smil'd; he kist; and kissing, cull'd her too; / And being cup-shot, more he co'd not doe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA