full as a goog

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having eaten too much.

   • ‘I′m full as a goog, Mr Goldberg. Couldn′t manage another crumb.’
   • After a while I sat back and breathed a heavy sigh. “I am full as a goog!”
   • ‘Don't worry this one′s as full as a goog. It won′t get far,’ Dig yelled, watching the albatross struggle to keep itself aloft.
2. 2

   Very drunk.

   • “Well, old Foll was in that bar, as full as a goog.” Mr Jennings leered with the delight that seeing old Foll full as a goog had brought him.
   • Amos′s grin widened, “You mean the man was drunk?” Mathewson laughed out loud, “He was full as a goog but you said it, laddie, I din′t!”
   • Jack′s as full as a goog and near the Town Hall he spews up his lunch. (Of course, neither of them today has any idea that Jack will one day be Premier of New South Wales.)

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