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wetter than an otter's pocket

wetter than an otter's pocket adjective: completely wet, drenched, soaked.

Adjective

wetter than an otter's pocket (comparative form only)

  1. (comparative-only, informal, simile) Completely wet, drenched, soaked.
    • One night we were heading off for a team dinner and somehow Jeff fell into a fountain. […] He was saturated except for two vital things: his pack of cigarettes in one hand and the team's supply of Cabcharge vouchers in the other. It was hilarious—he was as wet as an otter's pocket but somehow...2007, Jason Gillespie, Lawrie Colliver, Dizzy: The Jason Gillespie Story, Sydney: HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, page unknown

Synonyms of wetter than an otter's pocket

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Forms of wetter than an otter's pocket

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Questions about wetter than an otter's pocket

What does wetter than an otter's pocket mean?
Wetter than an otter's pocket means completely wet, drenched, soaked.
What part of speech is wetter than an otter's pocket?
Wetter than an otter's pocket is an adjective.

Words near wetter than an otter's pocket in the dictionary

  1. wetten
  2. wettened
  3. wettening
  4. wettens
  5. wetter
  6. wetter than an otter's pocket
  7. wetter through
  8. Wetterhorn
  9. Wetterhoun
  10. wetters
  11. wettest

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