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alky

n. (alternative spelling of alkie English)

WordNet
alky

n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]

Usage examples of "alky".

An old story held that mechs got high on alky, too, though there was no evidence of it.

To be the butt of a joke was nothing compared with the humiliation of not handling the alky, of falling asleep on watch.

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.

Most of our wards are open - the typical stuff: acting-out adolescents, depressives past the high-risk period, anorexics, minor manics, Alzheimer's, cokeheads, and alkies on detox.

I'll whomp up some sort of a still and start cooking alky while you and Matt figure out how to produce liquid oxygen with just your bare hands and a ship's equipment.