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Verb
have a few (third-person singular simple present has a few, present participle having a few, simple past and past participle had a few)
- (colloquial) To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.
1983, Jaan Kross, The Rock from the Sky,, page 118:'Course, once he's had a few, the old man'll gab the hind leg off a donkey.
- 1999 John Kaye, Stars Screaming, Atlantic Monthly Press, p119
- "Are you drunk?"
"I've had a few."
"You sound drunk," Maria said.
2004, Robert W. Wood, The Weeds of God, Omonomany, page 68:I drink to be exciting. It seems I say the funniest things when I've had a few.
2007, James D. McCallister, King's Highway, Screecher Creature, p28:The phone at the lake house rings and rings, until my father's voice, very groggy — it's the way he sounds once he's had a few — is finally heard.
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