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drunker than a skunker

drunker than a skunker is the alternative form of drunk as a skunk.

Meaning of drunk as a skunk

Adjective

drunk as a skunk

  1. (colloquial, simile) Highly inebriated.

Origin of drunker than a skunker

From drunker + than + a + skunker, formed by analogy with drunker than a skunk so that it rhymes.

Questions about drunker than a skunker

What is drunker than a skunker the alternative form of?
Drunker than a skunker is the alternative form of drunk as a skunk.

Words near drunker than a skunker in the dictionary

  1. drunkens
  2. drunkenship
  3. drunkensome
  4. drunker
  5. drunker than a skunk
  6. drunker than a skunker
  7. drunkerd
  8. drunkerds
  9. drunkery
  10. drunkest
  11. drunkie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drunker than a skunker (page history and authors); drunk as a skunk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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