Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a drinking session.

1906		implied in fill up
1912		Sport (Adelaide) 17 Aug. 14/2: They Say [...] That [...] it is a great thing walking over the hills Sunday morning after the fill-up on the Saturday.

see under blanket n.

to punch in the eye.

1899		Illus. Police News 14 Jan. 9/1: A woman interfered and the prisoner ‘filled her eye’ up. It was explained to the magistrate that this was a slang expression for a black eye.
1919		W.H. Downing Digger Dialects 23: fill an eye — To punch in the eye.
1924		(con. WWI) A.G. Pretty Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: fill-an-eye. To punch in the eye.
1938		X. Herbert Capricornia (1939) 371: If you don’t shut up I’ll fill your blunny eye.

to impregnate a woman.

1611

R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Emplir une femelle. To serve, bag, make her great, fill her panniers, give her her paiment, get her with yong.

see separate entries.

1. to take as much of something as one can.

1975		‘P.B. Yuill’ Hazell and the Three-card Trick (1977) 166: I had a bag wiv me, didn’t I? [...] Just filled me boots, din I?
1986		T.V. Olsen High Lawless 57: She set her cup down and said firmly, ‘Now you fill your boots, Mister Thoroughgood, and get out what you want to say.’.
2005		M. Fullick Bible Two 377: Go on, fill your boots, Bow. I am glad to be of some service.
2011		J.J. Connolly Viva La Madness 87: Once he got a taste [of sex] he was trying to make up for a lifetime of going without [...] So he filled his boots in Thailand and Vietnam.
2015		I. Welsh Decent Ride 113: Fill yir fuckin boots, it’s oan the house.
2023		Bluesky 14 Nov. 🌐 Practically every senior British politician attempts to fill their boots once they have left Parliament, but most do so quietly and effectively.

2. as a drinking toast.

1980

J. McClure Spike Island (1981) 491: ‘There,’ grunts Eddie, handing Chalky a pint of best bitter, ‘Fill yer boots, lad!’.

3. to depart, to go away.

2007

S. Low Boys From Baghdad 26: Our training was on-the-job, and we were fucking lucky if we could learn by our mistakes. [...] If you’re not happy, fill yer boots.

see under collar n.

to attain a comfortable lifestyle, to amass wealth; thus ext. by …and leave others to enjoy it.

1821

Egan Life in London (1869) 110: Such persons, with very few exceptions, have lived just long enough, according to a vulgar phrase, to fill their pipe, and leave others to enjoy it.

see under shirt n.

(US black) to gratify and satisfy completely; with obvious sexual overtones, although sex need not invariably be involved.

1983		R. Klein Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.].
1984		Smiley Culture ‘Cockney Translation’ 🎵 But through me fill up of lyrics and education / Right here now you go a get a little translation.

(US) to attain a target, e.g. a given monetary sum.

1960

C. Cooper Jr Scene (1996) 34: All were addicts [...] they had to work twice as hard, filling the funnel.

1. (US) to drink (to excess).

1906

C. Fowler letter 25 Oct. in Tomlinson Rocky Mountain Sailor (1998) 155: Subig [...] is important in the bluejackets' map by reason of the fact that ‘booze’ can be obtained there. Olongapo is a ‘dry’ town, so, when it comes time for the enlisted man to fill up, he must hike himself to Subig .

2. (Ulster) to be on the verge of tears; thus filled up adj [one’s eyes are filled with tears].

1965		L. Dunne Goodbye to the Hill (1986) 66: I filled up when I read the words and I truly felt a louse for lying to Mr. Hayes the way I did.
1974		C. Loken Come Monday Morning 142: Till you get so filled up you gotta come down here an’ spill your guts.
1997		Share Slanguage.