a person who regularly indulges in excessive drinking or drug-taking
caner in American English
(ˈkeinər)
noun
a person who works with cane, esp. one who produces canework for chairs
Word origin
[1865–70; cane + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, maverick, racism, steamroller-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'caner' in a sentence
caner
But showing true caner durability, he refused to go home.
The Sun (2015)
One of you may turn out to be a bit of a caner.
The Sun (2012)
The former caner has landed herself a new hobby — fishing.
The Sun (2011)
After that the caner wasn't permitted back in, unsurprisingly.