out the monk
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out the monk
adjective
adjective
1: Done for, finished. (1939 —) .
2: Unconscious, esp. as a result of drinking alcohol; asleep. (1945 —) .
R. H. Morrieson It's Jack Voot, real shickered. Looks like he's out the monk (1976).
3: Disabled by illness; not in working order. (1946 —) .
[Origin uncertain; monk perh. from unrecorded rhyming slang for drunk.]
adjective
1: Done for, finished. (1939 —) .
2: Unconscious, esp. as a result of drinking alcohol; asleep. (1945 —) .
R. H. Morrieson It's Jack Voot, real shickered. Looks like he's out the monk (1976).
3: Disabled by illness; not in working order. (1946 —) .
[Origin uncertain; monk perh. from unrecorded rhyming slang for drunk.]
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