What is "alkies"

Usage examples of "alkies".

I'm on the kind of underdole they reserve for alkies, screamers and prongs of the road.

On Turkey Day, nearly a hundred of Detroit's finest alkies, hypes, and half-crazed homeless gather at Holy Name for a wonderful dinner of turkey, taters, and all the trimmings.

The percentage of smokers in the force was a lot higher than in the general population, just like the share of messy divorces and alkies.