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cail-eyed (phonetic spelling)

English translation: drunk

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English term or phrase:kaylied, kalied
Selected answer:drunk
Entered by: Nick Lingris

17:18 Jul 20, 2005
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English term or phrase: cail-eyed (phonetic spelling)
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.
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:01
kalied, kaylied
Explanation:
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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Nick Lingris
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Local time: 05:01
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kalied, kaylied


Explanation:
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.

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
many thanks, excellent

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agree  Oso (X): ΒΆ8*)
2 mins
  -> :o}

agree  Tony M: Cheers, Nick! You're answer wasn't showing when I set off researching. /// More a Grouse man m'self, old man!
6 mins
  -> Researching? You mean you don't know your Partridge by heart?

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Do you know it by heart?//Right you are... I got confused with the encyclopaedias.
27 mins
  -> By extension of the arm only.

agree  Anna Maria Augustine (X)
50 mins
  -> Thank you, Anna!

agree  Dave Calderhead: At leasht, I drink so?? ;-)>
1 hr
  -> Another Grouse man, I'm sure.

agree  Sonia Soros
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sonia.

agree  Nigel Jones
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Nigel.

agree  flipendo
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, E.

agree  John Bowden: Certainly in Liverpool (scouse) - also "bevvied" and "parlatic" - BTW, in Yorkshire "kaylie" means sherbert!
16 hrs
  -> In Greece, first we get kaylied and then we turn on the 'sherbet' (we get all sweet and tender).

agree  Fionakbailey: Do you know origins of kaylie as a term for sherbet? And is this the correct sp?
2266 days
  -> Here they go for a much simpler spelling: kali. http://www.nostalgic-sweets.co.uk/i-aa-010093/lemon-sherbets... | And kali it is. Search Google books for 'kali' and 'sherbet'.
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kaylied


Explanation:
OED gives it as meaning 'extremely drunk'

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:01
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PRO pts in category: 168
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