ALCOHOLIC
ADJECTIVES
1622 — UPSY-FRIESY alcoholic; addicted to drinking deeply
1930 — ALKI → ALKIE → ALKY alcoholic → sl.
NOUNS
1931 — SKID ROW a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. → sl., chiefly Amer.
1940 — ALKIE’S ITCH the twitching and nervousness that are seen in an advanced alcoholic → Aust. & US sl.
1970 — VINEYARD anywhere that alcoholics congregate → African-American sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1861 — DRUNKIE an alcoholic → UK sl.
1869 — GINHEAD an alcoholic or gin drinker; a drunkard → sl., orig. US
1888 — ALCOHOLIST an alcoholic
1890 — ALCOHOLIZER an alcoholic
..L19 — ALKEE STIFF → ALKY STIFF an alcoholic tramp → US sl.
..L19 — BARREL DOSSER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → US sl.
..L19 — BARREL STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → US sl.
..L19 — BARREL-BOARDER an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → US sl.
..L19 — BARREL-HOUSE STIFF an ageing, impoverished, alcoholic tramp who frequents low saloons → US sl.
..20C — JAKEY a homeless alcoholic → Sc. sl., derogatory
1909 — GIN BOTTLE a dirty, abandoned, flabby, debased woman, generally over thirty, the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death → sl. (Bk.)
1918 — DINGBAT an alcoholic tramp or beggar → US tramps’ sl.
1925 — BOTTLE BABY a derelict alcoholic → US police usage
1929 — ALCHY → ALCI → ALKI → ALKIE → ALKY an alcoholic; a drunkard → sl.
1930 — JARHEAD an alcoholic; a heavy drinker → sl.
1932 — GIN-SOAK an alcoholic; a gin-drinker; a drunkard → US sl.
1932 — SMOKE-HOUND an alcoholic who drinks ‘smoke’ (a concoction based on raw alcohol, etc., used as a substitute for whisky) → US sl.
1932 — STUMBLEBUM an alcoholic derelict; a drunken drifter → US sl.
1940 — LUSHBUM an alcoholic tramp → US sl.
1940 — POT QUEEN a homosexual alcoholic → homosexual sl.
1940 — SAUCE-HOUND an alcoholic; a drunkard → US sl.
1940 — SOAKAPEE an alcoholic; an habitual drunkard → W. Indies
.M20 — DING an alcoholic tramp or beggar → US tramps’ sl.
1950 — WATERMAN an alcoholic; a heavy drinker → W. Indies sl.
1950 — WINEHEAD an alcoholic who opts for wine as his or her preferred intoxicant → US sl.
1960 — CHAT an alcoholic old man → Aust. sl.
1965 — SOT-POT an alcoholic; a drunkard → Amer. dial.
1967 — JUICER an alcoholic → US sl.
1968 — HIDDEN ALCOHOLIC an alcoholic who drinks secretly and manages to conceal his condition; an alcoholic whose excessive drinking is not recognized or acknowledged as alcoholism either by his family and friends or by recording agencies (Bk.)
1970 — QUEEN OF SCOTCH an alcoholic homosexual man → US homosexual sl.
1971 — JUICE FREAK an alcoholic who does not use drugs → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 — HIGH GITTER an alcoholic, one who gets drunk regularly → Boonville California usage (Bk.)
1980 — ALCHO → ALCO → ALKO an alcoholic → sl.
1988 — HARD CASE an alcoholic → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1988 — MOONSHINE VICTIM an alcoholic → sl. (Bk.)
1988 — YEASTER a beer-drinking alcoholic (Bk.)
1988 — ZONKER an alcoholic; a drunkard → sl. (Bk.)
1990 — SKANKER an alcoholic tramp → sl.
1992 — HEADPIECE an alcoholic → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1995 — GLOW WORM an alcoholic; a drunkard → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2000 — LAGGING BOAT an alcoholic; a drunkard → sl.
VERBS
1908 — DRY OUT of an alcoholic: to undergo treatment to cure addiction → sl., orig. US
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