Drunk, subs. (vulgar).—A debauch; by implication, a drunkard. On the
drunk = ‘on the drink,’ i.e., drinking for days on end.
1871. Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 July. It seems that Gamble went on a
drunk last Monday evening.
1879. G. R. Sims, Dagonet Ballads (told to the Missionary). I was
out on the drunk and caught it—lor, what a cuss is drink!
[Among other meridians are drunk as a brewer’s fart; drunk as Bacchus;
drunk as Chloe; drunk as the devil; drunk as hell; drunk as buggery;
drunk as a Gosport fiddler; drunk as a fly; drunk as he (or she) can
stick (or hang together); drunk as a lord; drunk as an owl (American, a
biled owl); drunk as a tapster; drunk as a piper; blind drunk; crying
drunk; pissing drunk; dead drunk; so drunk that you can’t see a hole
through a ladder; drunk as blazes; and so drunk that he opens his shirt
collar to piss; tumbling drunk].
Drunk as Davy’s sow.—Excessively drunk.—See Davy’s Sow.
Drunkard. To come the drunkard, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To feign
drunkenness; also to be drunk.
To be quite the gay drunkard (colloquial), verb. phr.—To be more or
less in liquor.
Drunken-Chalks, subs. (military).—Good conduct badges.—See Chalk.
Drunks, subs. (colloquial).—An abbreviation of ‘drunk and disorderly.’
1883. Daily Telegraph, 26 March, p. 2, col. 8. Of the twenty-nine
night charges, by far the greater number were of drunks.
1884. W. D. Howells, Lady of the Aroostook, ch. xvii. If you could
see how my mother looks when I come out of one of my drunks.
1890. Globe, 26 Feb., p. 1, col. 4. ‘A Short Way with drunks.’ At
Buenos Ayres it is customary to punish drunkards, ... by setting
them to sweep the public streets for eight days or so.
Drury-Lane Ague, subs. phr. (old).—A venereal disease.—See Ladies’
Fever.
Drury-Lane Vestal, subs. (old).—A prostitute. Cf., Covent Garden Nun,
and Bank-side ladies.
Dry as a Lime-basket.—See Lime-basket.
Dry-bob, subs. and verb (venery).—Coition without emission (said of men
only).