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drunk as a wheelbarrow

drunk as a wheelbarrow adjective: thoroughly drunk.

Adjective

drunk as a wheelbarrow (not comparable)

  1. (slang, simile) Thoroughly drunk.

Synonyms of drunk as a wheelbarrow

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Questions about drunk as a wheelbarrow

What does drunk as a wheelbarrow mean?
Drunk as a wheelbarrow means thoroughly drunk.
What part of speech is drunk as a wheelbarrow?
Drunk as a wheelbarrow is an adjective.

Words near drunk as a wheelbarrow in the dictionary

  1. drunk as a fiddler's bitch
  2. drunk as a lord
  3. drunk as a piper
  4. drunk as a skunk
  5. drunk as a sow
  6. drunk as a wheelbarrow
  7. drunk as an owl
  8. drunk as Chloe
  9. drunk as David's sow
  10. drunk dial
  11. drunk dialed

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