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Definition of Screw-loose
1. Adjective. Not behaving normally.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screw-loose
Literary usage of Screw-loose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"... Screw Loose & Fancy Free Bottles & boxes & cans, oh, my! Messing around my
wine cellar yesterday, it occurred to me what one rogue bowling ball could do ..."
2. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Screw loose. When friends become cold and distant towards each other, it ia said
there is a SCREW LOOSE betwixt them ; the same phrase is also used when ..."
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