Meaning of brick in one's hat | Babel Free

Definitions

Drunkenness.

New-England, idiomatic, obsolete

Examples

“Seated at the same table with our Mr.—, was a gentleman, who, to use the current phrase, ‘had a brick in his hat.’”

“Her husband had taken to the tavern, and often came home very late, “with a brick in his hat,” as Sally expressed it.”

CEFR level