Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete; (Middle English) form of
drank and of drunk.
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Examples
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It was laughter when he told them about publishing his first book, getting "dronk," and vacuuming wearing only a cowboy hat.
Oh, life. dudemanflab 2006
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"Humph!" resumed the voice, as I continued my survey, "you mus pe so dronk as de pig, den, for not zee me as I zit here at your zide."
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"Und you acknowledge tat you pe te blind dronk and te vool?"
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He ne eet, ne dronk, ne sleep, ne word he seyde, 1440
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
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He don 'fink 'bout dem mooch only w'en he git dronk, or git scairt.
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'E go to ze judge what' ave come 'ome planty dronk.
The Bad Man Charles Hanson Towne 1913
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"When we get dronk, ees not policeman which will 'it us on ze' ead, but us which will 'it policeman on ze' ead."
The Bad Man Charles Hanson Towne 1913
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He now addressed him directly: "You are dronk," he affirmed, and stamped his foot.
The Bad Man Charles Hanson Towne 1913
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Vel, des are passablement bien; but des all get dronk ven des can.
Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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You ask young man to drink champagne with you, you make him dronk, he interrupt you with very good sense; he ask your pardon, yet you not -- '
The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842
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