in drink
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (dated, postpositive) Drunk, under the influence of large amounts of alcohol.
- 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of Black Peter:
- About two o'clock the following morning his daughter, who slept with her window open, heard a most fearful yell from that direction, but it was no unusual thing for him to bawl and shout when he was in drink, so no notice was taken.