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alky
noun as in alcoholic
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Relief that these alkies were not mine to save.
From The New Yorker
She has some of the bruised sweetness of Denis Johnson’s alkies and junkies in “Jesus’ Son.”
From New York Times
“I wanted an old alky. I got a young jew from New York-and he was magnificent,” Brooks said in another interview.
From Time
The eventual result from the alky is supposed to be a high-octane, clean-burning gasoline with anti-knock properties.
From Chicago Tribune
In Hollywood, a town that provided a lot of competition for shenanigans, he was one of the foremost cokies, alkies, crazies.
From Time
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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