a. colloq. [f. STAGGER sb. and v. + -Y.] a. Or an animal: Affected with staggers. b. Liable to stagger; unsteady.
1778. [W. H. Marshall], Minutes Agric., 15 Oct. 1776. I found an exceedingly fine breed [of swine] upon the Farm.—But they were staggery.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xvi. If I felt less like a walking brandy-bottle, I shouldn’t be quite so staggery this mornin’.
1892. J. Wilkins, Autobiog. Gamekeeper, 225. Before he has got a hundred yards he [the dog] begins to feel very queer and staggery.
1907. C. D. Stewart, Partners of Providence, xxxiv. 436. A tired-out looking frame building that was as staggery as its shed.
