drunk and disorderly

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/27/2011 08:16 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>this doesn't answer your question, but "drunk and disorderly" goes back a
>while, at least to early 19th C. in England, if I recall.

In the OED, I find quotations from 1340, 1489, and 1585 (as well as
1830), but all as an adjectival phrase.

Joel

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