podgy, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

podgy adj.

[Ital. poco acqua, a little water, or Rom. pogado, crooked, thus the way one walks, or pogy adj.]

drunk.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1901		Manchester Courier 6 July 12/1: An American paper gives a list of 200 ways of describing when a man is intoxicated. [...] he is podgy.
1906		Salt Lake City (UT) 30 Mar. 4/5: He is [...] muggy, [...] swipey, podgy, cock-eyed .