- half-canned
- adj AmE sl
He is half-canned and will be no help at all — Он напился, и пользы от него никакой
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
half-canned
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