a habitual drunkard

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  • 33rumdum — 1. noun a) An habitual drunkard; a stupid person. When a fellow comes into the kitchen to freshen his drink and finds the rumdum from up the road with one hand on his wifes behind and the other down the front of her b) A cocktail made from rum,… …

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  • 35barfly — habitual drunkard, 1910, from BAR (Cf. bar) (2) + FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) …

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  • 36lush — 1) n an alcoholic, habitual drunkard or heavy drinker. This is an American term, adopted by British speakers in the 1960s, which derived from an earlier British usage which had fallen into des uetude; from at least the 18th century until the… …

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  • 37pisshead — n 1. British a habitual drunkard, piss artist 2. American an unpleasant person, shit head …

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  • 38fresh —    1. obsolete not having taken alcohol    The word was used about an habitual drunkard:     There is our great Udaller is weel enough when he is fresh. (W. Scott, 1822)    This is an example of a word or term having two opposite euphemistic… …

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  • 39the Irish thing —    alcoholism    An offensive usage except perhaps when used by an Irish writer:     Ya father? Well, ya know, he s got the problem, the Irish thing. (McCourt, 1997 rather was an habitual drunkard) …

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  • 40livener —    an intoxicant taken early in the morning    Either by someone who was drunk the previous evening or by a habitual drunkard:     Your Lordship has heard of people having liveners in the morning. (Birmingham Daily Post, 1897, quoted in EDD) …

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