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Drunk/ langers

Posted by SR on April 26, 2004

There are various words and phrase to describe the inebriated state. He was drunk-as-a-skunk, ****-faced, plastered, plowed, etc. Can anyone give the origin of "langers" and "knackered?" I have heard them used a great deal in Ireland but rarely here in the U.S..

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