Dated British slang meaning drunk, specifically heavily intoxicated. The term is a direct derivation from gin, the spirit historically associated with cheap, mass public drunkenness in 18th- and 19th-century England — think Hogarth's Gin Lane. While largely obsolete in everyday speech today, it occasionally surfaces in historical fiction, period dramas, or used ironically by those fond of vintage slang.
By the time the clock struck ten, half the tavern regulars were thoroughly ginned and singing off-key.
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(dated, slang) drunk.
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