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punch-drunk

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punch-drunk
demonstrating or characteristic of the behaviour of a person who has suffered repeated blows to the head, esp a professional boxer


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Some days I feel like a punch-drunk boxer going into the 11th round.
Professor Tracy's latest work is by no means easy reading, for it attempts to put together a vast amount of information from all over Europe and in so doing leaves the reader somewhat punch-drunk from the immense quantity of names and data and the extensive footnotes in five or six languages.
This punch-drunk and eloquent comment on the current political troubles of our planet achieved what was only hinted at elsewhere, yet remained acutely personal.
 
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