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state
noun- a dirty, ill-kempt or poorly preserved condition UK, 1879
- [S]tate schools, I used to joke, were so called because they were in a “right old state”. — Jenny Eclair, Camberwell Beauty, p. 60, 2000
- a condition of excitement; agitation; anxiety; a state of drunkenness UK, 1837
- When I reached the station, my wife was in what is known in dom-estic circles as “a state”. — The Humorist, 18 August 1934
- He told the court: I was in a right state. I couldn’t think properly. I couldn’t stop crying. — Wanstead and Woodford Guardian, 22 December 2000
- a state prison US
- We’re talking about McGuire’s friendship with Baily, who’s doing time in state for second degree murder. — Robert Campbell, In a Pig’s Eye, p. 58, 1991
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