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one over the eight

adjective 1
noun 1
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adjective1

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(informal) Drunk.
- “Actually,” said the Captain, “and strictly between ourselves, mind, I was run over by a tram in Stoke-on-Trent when I was one-over-the-eight.” — 1928

noun1

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(informal) One or more servings too many of alcohol, leading to drunkenness; one too many.
- In the evening a middle-aged orderly stopped me in he corridor. He had had one over the eight. — 1972

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