alky
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- noun
- /ˈælki/
- Offensive
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- Yeah, and her mom's a big alky who drinks all her father's money.
Examples
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He admitted that he was an alky after years of denying it.
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At the reunion, everyone was surprised to see Jim, the former alky, looking healthy and happy.
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I was born to be an alky.
Fiction book (1998) -
I am a recovering alky of sorts whose main mission in life is to maintain a life through meditation and prayer.
Blog text (20) -
His friends stopped inviting him out because they were tired of his behavior as an alky.
Synonyms
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A person who is addicted to alcohol
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A person who has too much alcohol in their body, either now or often
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A person who often drinks alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who drinks too much alcohol most of the time
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A person who drinks alcohol too much
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A slang word for alcohol or a person who drinks too much
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who often drinks too much alcohol
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A person who cannot stop drinking alcohol
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A person who drinks alcohol a lot
An informal name for a person who drinks too much or for alcohol
A person who drinks alcohol too often and gets drunk
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alky is a slang short form of alcoholic, which comes from alcohol meaning 'a drink that makes you drunk'. So alky is used for a person who often drinks too much alcohol.