[General] get slurry

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athanassios

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hallo,

What does "get slurry" mean?

In he sentence by Paul Auster:"Her husband helped smooth out the rough patches and keep her nighttime drinking under control (she tended to get a bit slurry when he was off on a job somewhere)."

Thanks for your help,

Athanassios
 

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If you get slurry, your speech becomes slurred - you pronounce words unclearly, and the words can run into each other. This is typical of someone who is getting drunk.
 
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