DRUNK, DRUNKARD, DRUNKEN, DRUNKENNESS
NOUNS – PERSON
► ADMIRAL LUSHINGTON a drunkard → Bk1823 sl.
► ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS a drunkard who vomits over his neighbour at table → 1650 UK sl.
► ADMIRAL OF THE RED a confirmed drunkard, a heavy drinker, traditionally with a red nose → c1596 Eng. sl.
► ADMIRAL OF THE RED a confirmed drunkard; a tippler, a sot; a heavy drinker, as borne out by their red face → c1596 sl.
► AFTERNOON MAN ► AFTERNOON’S MAN a drunkard; a man given to drinking alcohol after the midday meal; a habitual drinker of alcohol → 1615
► ALCHY ► ALCI ► ALKI ► ALKIE ► ALKY a drunkard; an alcoholic → 1929 US sl.
► ALE-KNIGHT a drunkard; a tippler → L16 Brit. sl.
► ALE-SOAKER a drunkard; an ale-drinker → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► ALE-SOP a drunkard; an ale-drinker → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► ALE-SWAB a drunkard; an ale-drinker → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► ALE-SWATTLER a drunkard; an ale-drinker → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► ALE-WISP a drunkard; an ale-drinker → 19C Brit. sl.
► ALE-YOTTLER a drunkard; an ale-drinker → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► ALKI STIFF a drunkard → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► ALKY BUM a drunkard → 20C US sl.
► ANGELS TOGETHER habitual drunkards; those who habitually give way to excessive drinking → Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
► ARTILLERYMAN a drunkard → 1903 sl.
► BACCHAL a drunken reveller → Bk1902
► BACCHANAL a drunken reveller → 1812
► BACCHANALIAN a drunken reveller → 1617
► BACCHANT a drunken reveller → 1699
► BACCHANTE a female drunken reveller → 1797
► BACHELOR a lean drunkard → 1650
► BAG OF BEER a drunkard → 1880 Aust. sl.
► BANG-PITCHER a drunkard → 1639 obs.
► BAR-BUMMER a drunkard; one who spends their time in bars; a ‘barfly’; a heavy drinker → 1908 Aust. sl.
► BAR COOTIE a drunkard; the habitual occupier of a bar, day in, day out; a heavy drinker → 1920 US sl.
► BARFLY a drunkard; a person who frequents bars; a habitual drinker → 1896 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BARHOUND a drunkard; the habitual occupier of a bar; a heavy drinker → 1916 sl.
► BAR-PROP a drunkard; the habitual occupier of a bar; a heavy drinker → 1980 US sl.
► BARREL a drunkard; a confirmed tippler → Bk1891 sl.
► BARREL-HOUSE BUM a beggar drunkard; a tramp who frequents barrel houses (cheap saloons) → c1920 Amer. tramps’ sl.
► BARSTOOL JOCKEY a drunkard; a person who hangs about bars, a heavy drinker → 1980 US sl.
► BAR TOAD a drunkard; a man who goes into a saloon and squats there like a toad on a rock; a heavy drinker → 1958 Amer. loggers’ usage
► BAT a drunkard; a habitual drinker; one given to carousing → c1915 Amer. sl.
► BAZIL a drunkard, a sot → 1816 Sc. obs.
► BEAZLER a drunkard; a sot; one who drinks to excess → a1593 obs.
► BEER BARREL a beer drunkard; a confirmed tippler → 1600 sl.
► BEER-BOY a drunkard → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BEERHEAD a beer drunkard → 1869 US sl.
► BEER JERK a drunkard → Bk1980 Amer. sl.
► BEER JERKER a drunkard; a hard drinker → 1866 US sl.
► BEER-SWAB a drunkard; a beer sot → Bk1873 Eng. dial.
► BEER-SWIPER a drunkard → 1882 Aust. sl.
► BEER-TANK a drunkard; a drinker → L19 sl.
► BELCH a drunken vagrant → 1935 US sl.
► BELCHER a drunkard; a hard drinker → Bk2006 US sl.
► BELCH-GUTS a drunkard; a sot → Bk1891 sl.
► BENDER a drunkard; a hard drinker → 1727
► BEVVY HOMEY ► BEVVY OMEE a drunkard → 1934 Aust. sl.
► BEZZLE a drunkard; a hard drinker; a sot → 1592 obs.
► BEZZLER a drunkard; one who drinks much → a1593 obs.
► BIB-ALL-NIGHT a drunkard; a heavy drinker, a confirmed toper → 1612 colloq.
► BILLIARD DRINKER a habitual drunkard; one who drinks whisky quickly and to excess → Bk1975 US sl.
► BILLY BORN DRUNK a drunkard → 1885 Eng. sl.
► BIMMY a drunkard → Bk1992 criminals’ sl.
► BINGO-BOY a drunkard; a tippler → 1859 US gang sl.
► BINGO-MORT a female drunkard; a female lover of brandy → 1725 sl. obs.
► BIZZLE a drunkard → Bk1891 sl.
► BIZZLER a drunkard → Bk1891 sl.
► BLACK-POT a drunkard; a toper → c1590 UK obs.
► BLISTER a tottering, disgusting old drunkard → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BLOAK ► BLOKE a drunkard → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► BLOAT a drunkard; one soaked in liquor → a1861 US
► BLOTTER a drunkard with a seemingly infinite capacity for alcohol → 1910s US sl.
► BLYBE a drunkard → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOOZE FREAK a drunkard → Bk1970 US students’ sl.
► BOOZER a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1606 sl.
► BOOZINGTON a drunkard; a drunken man → c1860 Aust. sl.
► BORRACHO a drunkard → 1932 Amer. dial.
► BOTTLE a drunkard → Bk2006 US sl.
► BOTTLE MAN a drunkard → 1944 US sl.
► BOUSER a drunkard; a sot → Bk1911 Sc.
► BREWSTER a beer drunkard; a beer drinker → Bk2006 US sl.
► BUDGER a drunkard → 19C sl.
► BUTTERED BUN a drunken man → E18 sl.
► CADBURY a person who gets drunk on very little alcohol → 1996 Aust. sl., derogatory
► CADGER a drunkard; someone who sponges drinks → 20C US sl.
► CAGER a drunkard; someone who sponges drinks → 20C US sl.
► CHEAP DRUNK a person who becomes drunk quickly → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► CHRISTMAS TREE a drunkard → Bk2006 US sl.
► COD a drunkard → L19 sl.
► COPPER-NOSE a drunkard → M19 African-American sl.
► COT-CASE a very drunk person → 1897
► CROCK a drunkard → 1939 US sl.
► CUP-LEECH a drunkard; a person addicted to his cups → 1593 obs.
► DAISY a drunkard → 1900s sl.
► DEAD-HEAD a drunk person → 1930s African-American sl.
► DEAD ONE a drunkard → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► DEHORN a drunkard; a hard drinker; one inclined to fight when drunk → 1926 Amer. dial.
► DEHORNER a drunkard; a hard drinker, one inclined to fight when drunk → 1958 Amer. dial.
► DIP a drunkard → M20 US sl.
► DIPS a drunkard → 1925 sl.
► DIPSO a drunkard; a person who suffers from an uncontrollable urge to drink → 1880 UK
► DISTILLERY STIFF a drunken tramp; a hobo-drunkard → 20C US sl.
► DRONKIE a drunkard → 1969 S. Afr.
► DRUNKER a drunkard → a1538 obs.
► D-TIST a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
► DYSO a drunkard → M20 sl.
► ELBOW BENDER a drunkard; a habitual drinker → 1958 Amer. dial.
► ELBOW-CROOKER a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
► ENSIGN-BEARER a drunkard → E19 Brit. sl.
► EPHESIAN a drunkard; a boon companion; a jolly fellow; a roisterer; a toper → 1597 obs.
► FAIRY a drunken old hag → 19C sl.
► FAITHFUL a drunkard → 1609 sl.
► FARAHEAD a drunkard or a person who is intoxicated; one who is ‘far ahead’ in his drinking → E20 US sl.
► FISH a person who gets drunk and cannot control himself → Bk1970 US sl.
► FLAG OF DEFIANCE a drunken roisterer → Bk1893 sl.
► FUDDLECAP a drunkard; a hard drinker, a boon companion, a tippler → 1666 obs.
► FUNNEL a drunkard → 20C sl., orig. African-American
► GARGLER a drunkard; a drinker → 1967 sl.
► GEEK ► GEKE a drunkard → 1961 US teen sl.
► GEOMETRICIAN a reeling drunkard → 19C sl.
► GEORGIE BEST a drunken pest → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► GILLPOTS a drunkard → 20C market-traders’ sl.
► GIN BARREL a drunkard → 1865 US sl.
► GIN-CRAWLER a drunkard; a sot → Bk1896 sl.
► GINHEAD a drunkard; a gin drinker → 1869 sl., orig. US
► GIN SLINGER a drunkard; a gin drinker → 1855
► GIN-SOAK a drunkard; a gin drinker → 1932 US sl.
► GIN-TUB a drunkard; a gin drinker → 1866 UK sl.
► GLASS a drunkard → Bk1975 Amer. sl. obs. rare
► GLASS-EYES a person who is under the influence of alcohol → 1949 drug addicts’ sl.
► GLASSY EYES a person who is under the influence of alcohol → 1920 drug addicts’ sl.
► GLOW WORM a drunkard; an alcoholic → Bk1995 Amer. sl.
► GRAPE a wine drunkard → 1977 US sl.
► GROGHOUND a drunkard → 20C US sl.
► GULCH a glutton or drunkard → 1601 obs.
► GULLION a drunkard → 1829 Sc.
► GUTTLE a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
► GUZZLE-GUTS a drunkard; a heavy drinker → 1788 sl.
► GUZZLER a drunkard; a heavy drinker → L18 sl.
► HABITUAL a habitual drunkard → 1884 colloq.
► HAIL-FELLOW-ALL-WET a drunkard → M20 US jocular usage
► HAMMERHEAD a drunkard → Bk1995 Amer. sl.
► HARD CASE a drunkard → Bk1860 Amer. dial.
► HAYBAG a slovenly drunkard → 1851 sl.
► HEISTER a drunkard; one who lifts or heists drinks → Bk1995 Amer. sl.
► HELLBENDER a drunkard; a heavy drinker → Bk1995 Amer. sl.
► HIGH GITTER a person who gets drunk regularly → Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
► HOOCHER ► HOOTCHER a drunkard → M20 US sl
► HOOCH HEAD a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOOCH HOUND a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOPHEAD an alcoholic; a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HORNER a heavy drinker; a drunkard → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► INEBRIATE a habitual drunkard → L18
► JACK ASHORE a drunkard; a ‘larky’ rather tipsy sailor; a drinker of alcohol → 1909 colloq.
► JAG a drunkard → L18 Amer. sl.
► JERKER a drunkard; a tippler → E19 Brit. sl.
► JICKHEAD a drunkard → 1938 Amer. dial.
► JIGHEAD a drunkard → 1928 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY WARDER a drunken layabout → L19 Aust. sl.
► JUG-TOTER a drunkard; a steady drinker → 1966 Amer. dial.
► KEACH-CUP a drunkard; a toss-pot → a1125 obs.
► LADY FROM THE GROUND UP a woman who is drunk and disorderly → L19 US sl.
► LAGGING BOAT a drunkard; an alcoholic → 2000s sl.
► LAPPER a drunkard; a heavy drinker → M19 Brit. colloq.
► LARGE-HEAD a drunkard → L19 US sl.
► LEAN-AWAY a drunkard; one who is tipsy → Bk1892 Aust. sl.
► LICK-SPIGOT a drunkard who would lick the spigot of a cask to get to the alcohol → 19C Brit. colloq.
► LICK-WIMBLE a drunkard who would lick the stopper in a cask to get at the alcohol → 19C Brit. colloq.
► LIQUOR-HEAD a drunkard; one who drinks steadily, or a great deal → 1944 Amer. dial.
► LOGICIAN a drunk who accused another of being drunk → 20C Brit. sl.
► LUG-POT a drunkard → 19C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘sot’
► LUSH a habitual drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1890 sl., chiefly US
► LUSH BLOWEN a drunkard → E19 sl.
► LUSH COVE a drunkard → E19 sl.
► LUSHER a drunkard; a heavy drinker → 1848 US sl.
► LUSHEY ► LUSHIE ► LUSHY a drunkard → 1944 US sl.
► LUSH-HEAD a drunkard; a chronic drinker → 1945 sl.
► LUSHING-MAN a drunkard → 1859
► LUSHINGTON a drunkard → 1851 sl.
► LUSH HOUND a drunkard → 1935 US sl.
► LUSH MERCHANT a drunkard → L19 Aust. sl.
► LUSHO a drunkard → M19 sl.
► LUSHWELL a habitual drunkard; a heavy drinker → 1960 Amer. sl.
► LUSHY-COVE a drunken man → 1812 sl.
► MALTWORM a drunkard; a lover of malted liquors; a beer drinker → c1550
► MISS ROMA a White wino → Bk1972 homosexual sl.
► MOIST-‘UN a drunkard; a sot → 1933 US sl.
► MOONER a drunkard → Bk1905 Brit. sl.
► MOP a drunk who soaks up alcohol → Bk1873 sl.
► MOPPER-UP a drunkard → Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
► MUNTYHEAD a drunkard → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► NASE NAB ► NAZIE NAB ► NAZY NAB a drunkard → 1566 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAZIE COVE ► NAZY COVE ► NAZZY COVE a drunken man → 1674 sl.
► NAZIE MORT ► NAZY MORT ► NAZZY MORT a drunken woman → 1725 sl.
► NEBO a drunkard → 1966 Aust. sl.
► OILER a drunkard who is frequently ‘oiled’ → 1916 sl.
► OLD RASPBERRY a drunkard; one who has a notably red nose → 1910s sl.
► OLD RUMMY a drunkard → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD SOAK a drunkard → E19 sl.
► OLD TOAST a drunkard; one who drinks to excess; a brisk old fellow fond of his glass → 1668 sl. obs.
► ONE OF THE FAITHFUL a drunkard; a man always seen at the same tavern or bar → 1609 sl.
► PHILISTINE a drunkard → L17 sl.
► PIG a girl who is both drunk and promiscuous → Bk1970 US students’ sl.
► PISS ARTIST a drunkard; a person who fools about; a feckless or irresponsible person → 1962 colloq.
► PISSHEAD a drunkard; a confirmed or heavy drinker → 1946 NZ & UK sl.
► POT a drunkard, esp. a down-and-out drunkard → Bk1975 Amer. sl.
► POT-FURY a drunkard → L16 sl.
► POTHEAD a drunkard → 1639 UK sl.
► POT-KNIGHT a drunkard; a ‘knight of the pot’; a tippler → 1587
► POT-LEECH a drunkard; one who ‘sucks’ or drinks out of a pot; a toper → 1630 obs.
► POT-MAN a drunkard; a habitual drinker → 1589 obs.
► POT-MASTER a drunkard → Bk1880 obs.
► POT-VALIANT a drunkard → 1623 sl.
► PUGGY a drunken man → 1899 Sc.
► QUARTER POT a drunkard → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘sot’
► RAT a drunken person who has been arrested and taken to the cells → M17 sl.
► RAT-ARSE a drunkard → 1990s
► REEL-POT a drunkard → Bk1903 sl.
► RING-PIGGER a drunkard → 1570 obs.
► ROB-POT a drunkard; a deep drinker → 1599 obs.
► RUMMY a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1851 sl., chiefly US
► SALT a drunkard → 1965 Barbados
► SAMMY SOFT a drunkard → 1837 sl.
► SAND-BED an inveterate drunkard; one who ‘absorbs’ much liquor; an insatiable drinker → 1824 Sc.
► SAND-BED OF DRINK an inveterate drunkard → 1838 Sc.
► SAPPER a drunkard; a sot → Bk1903 sl.
► SAUCE-HOUND a drunkard; an alcoholic → 1940s US sl.
► SCABBLE-OUT a drunken, idle scamp → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SCANDERT a drunkard → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SCANDRET a drunkard → Bk1855 Eng. dial.
► SHICKER ► SHIKER ► SHIKKER a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SIT-FAST a drunkard; one who sits long or is fast bound to his cups; a habitual drinker → 1828 Eng. dial.
► SKATE a drunk person → 1900 Amer. dial.
► SOAK a drunkard → 1820 sl.
► SOAKAPEE a habitual drunkard; an alcoholic → 1940s W. Indies
► SOAKER a drunkard; a heavy drinker → 1593 Brit. sl.
► SOP a drunkard → 1942 Amer. dial.
► SOPPER a drunkard → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SOT-POT a drunkard; an alcoholic → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SOUSE a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1915 sl., orig. US
► SPLIB a drunkard → 1970s sl.
► STEW a drunkard → 1908 US sl.
► STEWBUM a drunken derelict → 1902 US sl.
► STIFF a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1907 sl.
► STUMBLEBUM an alcoholic derelict; a drunken drifter → 1932 US sl.
► SUCK-BOTTLE a drunkard → c1709 cant
► SUCK-PINT a drunkard → 1611 cant
► SUCK-SPIGOT a drunkard → 1585 cant
► SWILL-BELLY a drunkard; a great drinker → a1700 obs.
► SWILL-BOWL a person who drinks to excess; a drunkard; one who habitually ‘swills the bowl’ → 1542 obs.
► SWIZZLER a drunkard → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TANK a drunkard; one who can drink a great deal of beer before becoming intoxicated → 1896 sl.
► TANKER a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1912 sl.
► TASHEL ► TASSEL a drunkard → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TAZZLE a drunken, wicked person → Bk1869 Eng. dial.
► TICKLE-BRAIN a drunk person who has an unsteady brain → 1598 obs.
► TICKLE-PITCHER a drunkard; a thirsty fellow; a heavy drinker → a1700 sl.
► TIPSIFICATOR a person who gets drunk; one who makes tipsy → 1873
► TIPSIFIER a person who gets drunk; one who makes tipsy → 1873
► TOOTER a drunkard who frequently goes on a ‘toot’ or drinking spree → E20 Brit. sl.
► TOPER a drunkard; one who drinks a great deal; a hard drinker → 1673 now chiefly literary
► TRANCE a drunkard; a customer far gone in liquor → Bk1962 Amer. bartenders’ sl.
► TWO-POT SCREAMER a person who easily becomes drunk → 1959 Aust. sl.
► VICE-ADMIRAL ‘a drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions’ shoes’ → M17 sl.
► VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS ‘a drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions’ shoes’ → M17 sl.
► WARB a drunkard, a down-and-out → 1977 Aust. sl.
► WET-HAND a drunkard → L19 Brit. sl.
► WETSTER a drunkard → 19C sl.
► WET-SUBJECT a drunkard → 19C sl.
► WET-‘UN a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
► WHISKEYLEG a drunkard → 1957 US sl.
► WHITE LINE a drunkard; a drinker of alcohol → 1908 US sl.
► WINE-BAG a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
► WINO a person who is a drunkard on wine → 20C US sl.
► ZIG-ZAG a drunkard → World War I sl.
► ZONKER a drunkard; an alcoholic → Bk1988 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► DEADPICKER a person who robs passed-out drunks → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► LUSH DIP a person who specializes in robbing sleeping or passed-out drunks, esp. in subways → 1910s sl.
► LUSH DIVER a person who specializes in robbing sleeping or passed-out drunks, esp. in subways → 1910s sl.
► LUSHER a person who specializes in robbing sleeping or passed-out drunks, esp. in subways → 1910s sl.
► LUSH GRAFTER a person who specializes in robbing sleeping or passed-out drunks, esp. in subways → 1910s sl.
► LUSH-ROLLER a person who steals from drunks → 1925 sl.
► LUSH-TOUCHER a person who robs a drunk → 1900s US sl.
► LUSH-WORKER a person who steals from drunks → 1930 sl.