Drunk. Grose, 1785. N.E.D.
1823.
| “Pretty well corned,” and “up to anything,” | |
| Drunk as a lord, and happy as a king, | |
| “Blue as a razor” from his midnight revel, | |
| Not fearing muskets, women, or the devil. | |
Mass. Spy, Dec. 22. |
1824. The first half of this quatrain is quoted in the Missouri Intelligencer, Feb. 21. It no doubt “went the rounds.”
1825. Unless he had his SKIN full of whiskey, and was well ‘corned,’ as we say…. The fellow was, as usual, pretty handsomely ‘corned,’ as my friend, the communicative traveller has it.—J. K. Paulding, ‘John Bull in America,’ pp. 51, 146 (N.Y.).
1835. Tobias was just clearly on the wrong side of the line, which divides drunk from sober; but Hardy was “royally corned” (but not failing) when they met.—A. B. Longstreet, ‘Georgia Scenes,’ p. 175. (Italics in the original.)
1837. Hot corn is good for something, and so is corned beef; but I’d like to know what’s the use of a corned cobbler?—J. C. Neal, ‘Charcoal Sketches,’ p. 188.
1840. William McG. brought a load of corn to market, and got corned on the strength of it.—Daily Pennant (St. Louis), May 27.
1840. The liquor ran into a pig-pen where there were about sixty hogs. The animals immediately began to drink, with the relish of old topers, and continued drinking till the whole drove had become corned pork.—Id., July 1.
1842. About forty men, ‘pretty well corned, and up to every thing,’ entered the liquor-room.—Knick. Mag., xix. 222 (March).
1842. How to Corn Live Pork. Set a prime mint julep before a corner rowdy. Two mint juleps are [usually] needed.—Phila. Spirit of the Times, May 16.
1847. Forward comes the witness, a fat, shuffy old man, a “leetle” corned, and took his oath with an air.—W. T. Porter, ‘Sketches,’ p. 166 (Phila.).
1857. Thomas, who was pretty well corned, asked F. to accompany him home.—San Francisco Call, April 25.
