shikkered

shikkered
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, cartoon by Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland, 1988)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • shikkered — var. shickered a …   Useful english dictionary

  • shikkered — /ˈʃɪkəd/ (say shikuhd) adjective → shickered. Also, shikker …  

  • shicker — [ ʃɪkə] (also shikker) US & Austral./NZ informal adjective (also shickered, shikkered) drunk. noun a drunk. Origin C19: from Yiddish shiker, from Heb. šikkōr, from šākar be drunk …   English new terms dictionary

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