The Drinker’s Dictionary Benjamin Franklin’s 1737 list of euphemisms for drunkenness is poetry.
An excerpt of personal favorites...
...He cuts his Capers, He’s been in the Cellar, He’s in his Cups, Non Compos, Cock’d, Curv’d, Cut, Chipper, Chickery, Loaded his Cart, He’s been too free with the Creature, Sir Richard has taken off his Considering Cap...












