shicker
Meaning
Alcoholic drink. 'On the shicker' means drinking heavily, and 'shickered' means drunk.
Example
He's been on the shicker all weekend and he's paying for it now.
Origin
From Yiddish 'shiker', drunk.
Variants
shikker
Nearby words
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