Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SENSIBLE, adj. Sc. usage, quasi adv., in comb. sensible drunk, drunk but still adequately in command of one's senses.Abd. 1867 W. Anderson Rhymes 182:
Some were sensible drunk, an' their conduct reviewed — Some quarrelled, an' fought, an' each other maul'd.Slg.
1901
R. Buchanan
Poems 159:
The sensible-drunk kind snooved oot o' closes.
