Drunken Sailor
Tipsy man overboard
A drunken sailor is someone intoxicated aboard ship, traditionally the subject of a sea shanty asking what to do with him "early in the morning." The phrase evokes the stereotype of sailors on shore leave, spending wages on drink.
To spend money like a drunken sailor is to spend freely and recklessly, with no thought of tomorrow.
- sea shantySailors' coordinating work song
- shantyRamshackle dwelling
- rumMolasses-based liquor
- rum rationSailor's liquor allowance
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
stagger · anchor · voyage · grog · tavern · deck · sway · three sheets · brine · port · mast · tipsy · hornpipe · galley · hammock · sloshed · rigging · yo-ho
- sea shantiesshanties, sea shanties, Rio Grande, South Australia, sea shanty
- Irish SongsDanny Boy, Molly Malone, Galway Girl, Finnegans Wake, pub songs
rank/authority
Drunken Sailorship's captain
admiral · commanding officer · commodore · naval officer · fleet commander
drunk, drunken, drunkenly, drunkenness, drink, drinks, drinker, drinkers, drinking