subs. (common).—A state of drunkenness; hence BOSKY = fuddled with drink; bemused: see SCREWED.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). BOSKY (A.), fuddled, half, or quite drunk.
1824. Blackwood’s Magazine, XVI., 573. He may be tipsy, BOSKY, cut, or anything but drunk.
1886. Punch, 17 April, 185. I got a bit BOSKY last night. Has the ’eadache got into my rhymes?
1887. Judy, 31 August, 101. The Town Councillor had a squabble with his parent … and accused him of BOSKINESS.
