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

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

"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

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

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