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Drunken Deddington

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One dead drunk. The proper name is a play on the word dead.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Drug
Druid
Drum
Drum Ecclesiastic
Drum-head Court-martial
Drummers
Drummond Light
Drumsticks
Drunk
Drunkard’s Cloak (A)
Drunken Deddington
Drunkenness
Drunkenness
Drupner [the dripper]
Drury Lane (London)
Druses
Dry
Dry Blow (A)
Dry Goods (in merchandise)
Dry Lodgings
Dry-nurse