English Explanatory Dictionary

steamboats

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Drunk; intoxicated.
noun
  1. plural of steamboat

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-steamboats.wav

Word forms

steamboats

Etymology

Perhaps from Steamboat Willie, rhyming slang for silly, or perhaps from a stereotype of steamboat passengers getting drunk.

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