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- adjective of horses or cattle in the western USA, having the health or strength detrimentally affected by drinking
alkali -contaminated water.
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Examples
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The theater critic from the Chronicle complained that Twain apparently had been “alkalied in the savage wilds of Washoe, and had become a little demoralized.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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The theater critic from the Chronicle complained that Twain apparently had been “alkalied in the savage wilds of Washoe, and had become a little demoralized.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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"The trouble with you fellows," he proffered "is that you're so plumb alkalied you don't know the real thing when you see it."
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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