"top-heavy with drink" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "US, late 19th century. Due to staggering walk when drunk; compare brick in one's hat.",
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          "ref": "1893, John Stephen Farmer, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Vol. III—Fla. to Hyps.,, page 278:",
          "text": "To have a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.",
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        {
          "ref": "1910, Avery N. Beebe, “Enforced Sobriety”, in The World To-day, volume 19, page 1164:",
          "text": "Imagine yourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express for the eastern metropolis; the train made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express cars; with an engineer top-heavy with drink, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line overworked and sleepy.",
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          "ref": "1995 December 11, The New Yorker, page 110:",
          "text": "Her sister, Sadie, on the other hand, is top-heavy with drink, drugs, and a serious overdose of eyeshadow. She has hopes of following — or staggering — in the footsteps of her sister.",
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          "ref": "2007, John Chilton, Hot Jazz, Warm Feet,, page 124:",
          "text": "…including the climactic moment at the conclusion of the recording when George stepped forward (in the tradition of La Scala, Milan) to receive a bouquet but fell into the audience and was too top-heavy with drink to get back on-stage.",
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        "(idiomatic, rare) drunk"
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        {
          "word": "drunk"
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  "etymology_text": "US, late 19th century. Due to staggering walk when drunk; compare brick in one's hat.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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          "ref": "1893, John Stephen Farmer, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Vol. III—Fla. to Hyps.,, page 278:",
          "text": "To have a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1910, Avery N. Beebe, “Enforced Sobriety”, in The World To-day, volume 19, page 1164:",
          "text": "Imagine yourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express for the eastern metropolis; the train made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express cars; with an engineer top-heavy with drink, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line overworked and sleepy.",
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          "ref": "1995 December 11, The New Yorker, page 110:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, John Chilton, Hot Jazz, Warm Feet,, page 124:",
          "text": "…including the climactic moment at the conclusion of the recording when George stepped forward (in the tradition of La Scala, Milan) to receive a bouquet but fell into the audience and was too top-heavy with drink to get back on-stage.",
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        }
      ],
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        "drunk"
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        "(idiomatic, rare) drunk"
      ],
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