glad, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

glad adj.

1. tipsy, drunk.

1737		B. Franklin ‘Drinkers Dictionary’ in Pennsylvania Gazette 6 Jan. in AS XII:2 91: They come to be well understood to signify plainly that A MAN IS DRUNK. [...] He’s Glad.
1903		Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Nov. 16/3: ‘Well, Jacky, which you like ’em best – brandy, rum or gin?’ [...] ‘Oh, I don’t care, boss, anyone, long as it makes ’em ‘GLAD’ come quick.’.

2. foolish; cheeky.

1899–1900		C.L. Cullen Tales of the Ex-Tanks 117: ‘Don’t get glad with me,’ said the cop.
1901		‘Hugh McHugh’ John Henry 13: All the time I’m giving this glad speech I’m going down the line mentally to see who will give me quick action on a steam-heated touch.

In compounds

glad bag (n.) [play on tradename Glad Bags]

(US) a body bag.

1983		(con. Vietnam) Van Devanter & Morgan Before Morning 88: Dead bodies in Glad bags were lined up outside the ER doors [HDAS].
1986		W.D. Ehrhart Passing Time (1988) 12: No more American boys coming home in Glad Bags to parents wanting to know what the fuck for.

glad lad (n.)

(US teen) an attractive boy.

1945

Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A boy whose mug and muscles appeal to the girls is a ‘mellow man’, a ‘hunk of heartbreak’ or a ‘glad lad’.

glad money (n.)

(US Und.) money distributed by a gangster to ensure popular support in his local community.

1931

C.S. Montanye ‘Tight Spot’ in Complete Stories 15 Sept. 🌐 Logan Taurus, the super-gangster who boasted his political affiliations and the huge amounts of ‘glad money’ he dispersed [...] would never allow a district attorney to confront him as he sat in a witness chair.

glad pad (n.) [pad n.² (2)]

(US black) a nightclub, a dancehall or similar establishment.

1944

D. Burley N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Jan. 10A: The fill-mills, the gin-dens and the glad-pads.

glad rag (n.) [the use of a proprietary Glad Bag for holding the liquid inhalant] (US drugs)

a rag soaked with an intoxicating chemical, the fumes of which one inhales.

1967		J.B. Williams Narcotics and Hallucinogens 112: Glad rag — A piece of cloth saturated with glue or gasoline, usually a sock [HDAS].
1971		E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972).

glad stuff (n.) [the effects]

(drugs) any form of hard or narcotic drug.

1953		Anslinger & Tompkins Traffic In Narcotics 309: glad stuff. Opium, morphine, or cocaine.
2001		ONDCP Street Terms 10: Glad stuff — Cocaine.

In phrases

glad-time girl (n.) [var. on SE good-time, of a woman, promiscuous]

(W.I.) a promiscuous woman.

1980

M. Thelwell Harder They Come 154: You can get six glad-time gal like her if you want.

on the glad end (adj.)

(US) in an advatangeous position.

1916

A. Baer Rabid Rudolph 4 Dec. [synd. col.] His speciality is two tens for a five, with orville always on the glad end.