TIP-MERRYADJ.
merry with liquor; slightly intoxicated ...1612 sl. obs. ETYMOLOGY from tip (n.) intoxicating liquor (obs.) + -merry (possibly shortened from tipple) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1612 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...They complained that no one would be a witness against drunkards, 'because the most part love these cup companions,' and they described one man as unfit to keep an alehouse 'because he will be tipmirrie himself..." From: A report (dated 1612) in Historical Manuscripts Commission in Various Collections (Burford) SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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