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drunk as Chloe
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Possibly a reference to the Chloe mentioned in the poetry of Matthew Prior.[1]
- Australian vernacular usage (reported by Partridge かつ others) is influenced by, and often thought to refer to, the well-known nude painting Chloé, which was hung briefly (in 1883) at the National Gallery of Victoria, and later (from 1908) at the Young and Jacksons hotel, Melbourne.
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drunk as Chloe (not comparable)
- (UK, Australia, colloquial, simile) Very drunk.
- 1823, Drink, entry in Jon Badcock, Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, or Bon-Ton, page 71,
- Drunk as Chloe; she must have been an uproarious lass.
- 1896, J. M. Barrie, Sentimental Tommy, The Echo Library, published 2007, page 99:
- 1904, New Zealand House of Representatives, chapter L, in Parliamentary Debates[1], page 53:
- It was a regular thing for many of the clergy to be as drunk as Chloe on Saturday night, get through their sermon on Sunday morning, and get drunk and sober again before the evening.
- 1823, Drink, entry in Jon Badcock, Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, or Bon-Ton, page 71,
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- ^ 1968 [1892], Henry Frederic Reddall, Fact, Fancy, and Fable: A New Handbook for Ready Reference on Subjects Commonly Omitted from Cyclopaedias, page 176, — Drunk as Chloe. This saying probably refers to the lady of that name, notorious for her drinking habits, so often mentioned by Matthew Prior in his poems.
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