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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drunk as a boiled owl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
drunk- as a boiled owl
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thoroughly drunk; inebriated.

American usage; Colloquial

Usage

Synonyms

drunk as a cunt drunk as a fiddler drunk as a fiddler's bitch drunk as a lord drunk as a piper drunk as a skunk drunk as a sow drunk as a wheelbarrow drunk as an owl drunk as Chloe drunk as David's sow full as a goog

Questions

What does drunk as a boiled owl mean?
Thoroughly drunk; inebriated.

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