drunk as Chloe

Etymology
Possibly a reference to the Chloe mentioned in the poetry of Matthew Prior.
 * Australian vernacular usage (reported by Partridge and 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.

Adjective

 * 1)  Very drunk.
 * 2) * 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.

Synonyms

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