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Jul 20, 2005 17:18
19 yrs ago
English term
cail-eyed (phonetic spelling)
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Apparently this means "drunk, tipsy", but I cannot find it anywhere, perhaps because I don't know the correct spelling, having only heard the word.
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| 5 +10 | kalied, kaylied |
Nick Lingris
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| 5 | kaylied |
Tony M
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Nick Lingris
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Native in: Greek 
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kalied, kaylied
Source: Cassell Dictionary of Slang
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-07-20 17:26:03 GMT)
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Oxford English Dictionary:
kaylied: a. dial. and slang. Also kailed, kalied.
[Origin unkn.]
Extremely drunk. Also with up.
1937 Partridge Dict. Slang Add. 986/1 Kalied up, get, to become drunk: from ca. 1927.
1966 L. Lane\' ABZ of Scouse 58 _Kaylied\' means drunk.
1978 J. Gash\' Gold from Gemini vi. 53 He offered to brew up but my stomach turned. That left him free to slosh out a gill of gin. Dandy was permanently kaylied.
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-07-20 17:26:03 GMT)
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Oxford English Dictionary:
kaylied: a. dial. and slang. Also kailed, kalied.
[Origin unkn.]
Extremely drunk. Also with up.
1937 Partridge Dict. Slang Add. 986/1 Kalied up, get, to become drunk: from ca. 1927.
1966 L. Lane\' ABZ of Scouse 58 _Kaylied\' means drunk.
1978 J. Gash\' Gold from Gemini vi. 53 He offered to brew up but my stomach turned. That left him free to slosh out a gill of gin. Dandy was permanently kaylied.
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kaylied
OED gives it as meaning 'extremely drunk'
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