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Show "Drunk" In Trench. Tho French haw somo Interesting similes of their own corresponding to our "drunk ns a lord" or "drunk ns a wheelbarrow." Tho most gonornlly rec-1 ognlied one In tho case of "lvro." tlio less extreino and less vulgar word for "drunk," 13 "lvro eoninio uno sonpo" "soupo" meaning the pleco of bread ontcn with soup ns well ns tho soup ItspT, and n "bouillon" soaked pleco of broad offering a natural slmllo for saturation. When the less delicate "soul" Is used Instead of "lvro," tho Frenchman mny speak of being ut drunk as an ass. n cow, a Swiss, or i thrush. Thu allusion In tho Inst caso Is to thu fondness of thrushes for grapes, which aro said at vintage tlmo to mako them unsteady In their lllghL |