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Grammar : Adj
Spell : soust
Phonetic Transcription : saʊst



Definition of soused

Origin :
  • "drunk," 1610s, from past participle of souse (v.), on notion of one "pickled" in liquor.
  • adj drunk
Example sentences :
  • I got soused to the waist before I had reached the bows of the boat.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • First she took it by the heels and plunged it in the river; then by the head and soused it in that way.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • I warrant you,” she muttered, “he commended my soused cucumbers.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • It soused into the water, and I leaned forward to observe the splash.
  • Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
  • On Wednesday night the Wildcat soused himself with bay rum and musk.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
  • And above it all, he smelled like one who had been soused in aromatic oils.
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • "Well, my good woman," said he as soon as she got soused on to the seat.
  • Extract from : « Ask Momma » by R. S. Surtees
  • Had he been soused in a bath of indigo he could not have been colored more completely.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Louis Tracy
  • He soused a towel he found on the washstand into it and slopped it over Mark's face.
  • Extract from : « The City of Fire » by Grace Livingston Hill
  • The man must have been set afire had he not been soused in the river beforehand.
  • Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough

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