An habitual drinker of cheap wine; an alcoholic or drunkard, esp. one who is destitute.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker > one addicted to specific drink (8) wino1915 An habitual drinker of cheap wine; an alcoholic or drunkard, esp. one who is destitute. smoke-hound1932 an alcoholic who drinks smoke (see sense 7b above). metho1933 A person who is addicted to drinking methylated spirits; = meths-drinker n. at meths, n. compounds 2. pink-eye1945 slang (chiefly Australian). Cheap or home-made alcoholic drink; (also) a person addicted to this. Cf. pinkie, n.3 1, red-eye, n. 6. Now rare. rubby-dub1945 = rubby, n. 1. rubby1950 An alcoholic who drinks an improvised intoxicant, as rubbing alcohol, aftershave, etc.; a drunken vagrant or down-and-out. plonko1963 An alcoholic; = wino, n.1 meths-drinker1968 a person who is addicted to alcohol and drinks this (esp. by reason of extreme poverty) in the form of methylated spirits (cf. metho, n.1 2). |
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