Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drunk as a lord

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: drunk- as a lord
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely drunk.

Example Sentences

"He gave her a good hidin' an' went to th' Blue Lion an' got as drunk as a lord."
""Good many of them drunk as lords," said DuBois of the established merriment of the guests."
"Then vodka was brought out; the hero of the day would get drunk as a lord and always walked all over the prison, reeling and staggering, trying to show to everyone that he was drunk, that he was “jolly” and so deserving of general respect. Everywhere among the Russian people a certain sympathy is felt for a drunken man; in prison he was positively treated with respect."
""How he managed to light it, God knows, for he was as drunk as a lord."

Synonyms

drunk as a cunt drunk as a fiddler drunk as a fiddler's bitch 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 pissed as a fart

Antonyms

sober as a judge

Questions

What does drunk as a lord mean?: Completely drunk.

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