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Jack Valentino

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5. "Tight".... That appeared to be a popular descriptor for drunk in Ernest Hemingway's day,

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 11:22 PM

6 hrs ago

as he used it in a number of his novels and stories---
but I had never heard that expression for drunk before I started reading a lot of his material in the 1990's....

(of course, the word later took on another meaning which had nothing to do with alcohol....)

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"Tight".... That appeared to be a popular descriptor for drunk in Ernest Hemingway's day, Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #5