Most likely a silly term, because it rhymes.
From what I have been able to quickly gather, it is a fairly recent term (20th Century) probably originating in America. But we say "Drunk as a skunk".
drunk as a skunk
I Wanna Be a Soap Star - 2004 Drunk as a Skunk 4-7 was released on: USA: 25 September 2007
punk, junk, trunk by the way why would want to know what rhymes with skunk? drunk hunk slunk, dunk,
'Skunk' translates to 'Stinkdier' in Dutch.
The Spanish word for "squirrel" is "ardilla".
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Check with any moonshiner about pulling drowned skunks out of his corn mash and you'll know where it came from.
can be drunk
peeti hoee aay! "He/She is drunk"
"well becuase there was a queen backk in the england in thee olden days i should put it, and how to say stinky or smelly i should say, is skunk in england." "So they called her smelly from that day on and the skunk got its name from her." and , "that is how the skunk got its name." good story , yes yes it is