blind staggers

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. stagger ( def 13 ).
2. Informal. a condition of staggering staggering and dizziness, especially as the result of drunkenness.

blind staggers

noun

1. functioning as singular vet science another name for staggers

Word History and Origins

Origin of blind staggers¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

Generally, they’d stumble around with the blind staggers for a while, then gradually get well.

From Literature

A virulent disease resembling blind staggers has appeared among the horses of Oregon, and a large number of valuable animals have succumbed to it.

From Project Gutenberg

I got up to go; but when I rose, I reeled about like a cow with the blind staggers, or a fellow who had taken too many "horns."

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I should think that such hosses as he furnished would be a vain thing for safety, for nigh about the hull of 'em was spavined, or ring-boned, or foundered, or had the blind staggers.

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A correspondent of the Albany Cultivator asserts, that ½ a pint of melted lard poured down the throat, will cure blind staggers in ten minutes.

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