Usage examples (29)

• And she looked back at them with a benevolent compassion because they were obviously not half-seas-over with happiness.
• 'T wa'n't none o 'yer sober perfumes nuther, but kind o' half-seas-over all the time, an 'pooty consid'able in the wind.
• A pleasant young fellow, about half-seas-over, passing through the Strand at a late hour, was accosted by a watchman, who began with all the insolence of office to file...
• When they understood he was safely housed at the George, they rode up to the door in a body, and expressed their satisfaction in three cheers; which were returned by the...