a. Obs. [f. CUP sb. + SHOT pa. pple.] Overcome with liquor, intoxicated.
a. 1591. H. Smith, Serm. (1593), 594. To excuse Noah, because hee was an olde man, and therefore might soone bee taken cup-shot.
1608. S. Hieron, 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers’ Reasons for Refusal of Subscription, 164. Ridiculous, as a cupshott man that spake to his owne shadowe.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, III. xvi. 135. Quickly they were stabbed with the sword that were cup-shot before.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Cup-shot, drunk.
