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screwdriver (n.)
also
screw-driver
, "tool for driving screws," 1779, from
screw
(n.) +
driver
. Meaning "cocktail made from vodka and orange juice" is recorded from 1956. (
Screwed/screwy
have had a sense of "drunk" since 19c.; compare slang
tight
"drunk").