or tangleleg, subs. (American).—Any intoxicating liquor. TANGLEFOOTED = drunk: see SCREWED.

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  1862.  Punch, 26 July, 33, ‘Old Abe at the Bar (of Public Opinion).’

        Gum-tickler and chain-lightning,
  Eye-brightener and LEG-TANGLER—
And scores of other compounds known
  To each ’cute bar-room dangler.

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  1871.  Hartford Courant, 17 March. He proceeded leisurely toward a neighboring saloon in quest of TANGLE-FOOT.

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