on the ran tan
English
Etymology
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Prepositional phrase
on the ran tan
- (slang, archaic) Drunk.
- 1920, Dogdom: Monthly (volume 21, page 497)
- The proofreader had been evidently on the ran tan […]
- 1920, Dogdom: Monthly (volume 21, page 497)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary