alkie
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæl.ki/
Definition of alkie
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(informal)An alcoholic.
“You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?”
“Also, she fed patients who were unable to feed themselves and, occasionally, dealt with an alkie who treated a patient badly.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Clipping of alcoholic + -ie. First use appears c. 1844 in the defunct periodical Akron Ohio Buzzard.
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