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G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 306: He's in the woodshed, drunk as a skunk. 1959: H.E. Bates Breath of French Air (1985) 186: Charley was as drunk as a newt. Pickled. 1961: B. Crump Hang On a Minute, Mate (1963) 182: Drunk as a skunk he was. 1962: B. McGhee Cut and Run (1963) 77: I sat there and got as drunk as a monkey. 1962
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slang Extremely intoxicated from alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as drunk as a skunk! I only meant to stay for one drink, but I wound up getting drunk as a skunk. You were as drunk as a skunk last night, stumbling in here reeking of alcohol! See also: drunk, skunk
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1. a. Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties. b. Caused or influenced by intoxication. 2. Overcome by strong feeling or emotion: drunk with power. n. 1. A drunkard. 2. A bout of drinking.
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slang Extremely intoxicated from alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as drunk as a skunk! I only meant to stay for one drink, but I wound up getting drunk as a skunk. You were as drunk as a skunk last night, stumbling in here reeking of alcohol! See also: drunk, skunk
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The term "drunk as a skunk" is, as you guessed, simply a good example of our love of comparisons and rhyming, made especially popular by the fact that "skunk" happens to be one of the few words that rhymes with "drunk."
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But we believe that "drunk as a skunk," an American expression that originated in the 1920s, is merely rhyming slang and has no real connection with skunkdom. We say this because for more than 600 years, the inebriated have been described as "drunk as a" something-or-other, animate or inanimate.
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Drunk as a skunk definition: very drunk | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
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1. Cork High and Bottle Deep You might hear this colorful idiom in Georgia. In a 1960 novel, Walk Egypt, a group of Atlanta fishermen are nearly suffocated by a stopped-up chimney. "They was.
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DRUNK AS A SKUNK definition: very drunk | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
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Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. Pronunciation [ edit] Audio (AU) Adjective [ edit] drunk as a skunk ( simile, colloquial) Highly inebriated. Usage notes [ edit] This term follows the common pattern of omitting the first "as" of the full form "as drunk as a skunk".
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Also, drunk as a fiddler or skunk ; falling-down or roaring drunk .Extremely intoxicated, as in He came home drunk as a lord.The three similes have survived numerous others. The first was considered proverbial by the mid-1600s and presumably alludes to the fact that noblemen drank more than commoners (because they could afford to).
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June 27, 2013 Filed under Portuguese Ever wondered where the popular idiom "as drunk as a skunk" comes from? A Brazilian friend told me today that, in Brazil, after raw sugar cane is harvested, they extract the juice ready to be made into the sugar we put in our coffee. It is also used to produce ethanol.
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Meaning of drunk as a skunk in English drunk as a skunk idiom US informal (UK drunk as a lord) Add to word list extremely drunk: Andy staggered in last night drunk as a skunk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Drunkenness & sobriety alky battered beer goggles binge drinker binge drinking blasted drunk dial inebriate inebriated inebriating