dead drunk
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A storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they’re dead drunk, an angry monster named Caliban—can you believe it?
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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That and the sunshine must have roused my hornet guest, for when I came back to the room, there he lay by the tumbler, dead drunk.
From Ways of Wood Folk by Copeland, Charles
"Doctor, doctor," shouted he in great pain,—"here, here—it is me that is murdered—that chap is only dead drunk, but I am really dead, or will be, if you don't help."
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
He told our Mr. Morshed he'd follow him more sang frays, which is French for dead, drunk, or damned.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard
"Only dead drunk, I trust?" said the smith; "nay, a candle and a dose of matrimonial advice will bring him to life again."
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir