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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O'Grady, I think that the fact of the dead having come to life, and having been put to bed dead drunk, proves disastrous for your argument, even admitting its soundness.
From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
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
At last I obtained permission to leave the custom-house in my carriage, and I went to the "City of Paris" inn with a customs officer, a real demon and dead drunk into the bargain.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
"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