"shellacked" meaning in English

See shellacked in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more shellacked [comparative], most shellacked [superlative]
Etymology: shellac + -ed Etymology templates: {{af|en|shellac|-ed}} shellac + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} shellacked (comparative more shellacked, superlative most shellacked)
  1. Coated in shellac.
    Sense id: en-shellacked-en-adj-aWFKq67u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 100 0
  2. (slang) Drunk. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-shellacked-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ

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