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

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

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

The first time Belinda saw his lordship he was dead drunk in the arms of two footmen; his lady, who had just returned from Ranelagh, passed him on the stairs with the utmost contempt.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Is the fellow to that to be found in literature, ancient or modern, foreign or domestic, living or dead, drunk or sober?

From The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories by Twain, Mark