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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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
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
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