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So far she habs choze a Scottish red ale, a Brtish Nut brown, a lunch bawx porter, a German Schwartz bier (lager), and a very strong barley wine (which was the pleh – too much alchy and nawt enuf tastes)
Oh. U switch shampoo with Nair - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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It was either I go here for a liquid lunch and look like an alchy, or head out to Burma Superstar for one of SF's favorite joints.
San Francisco - All Work, No Play... But Definitely Good Eating e d b m 2007
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It was either I go here for a liquid lunch and look like an alchy, or head out to Burma Superstar for one of SF's favorite joints.
Archive 2007-09-01 e d b m 2007
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Don't DeAnnaClaudette 9 minutes ago 8:50 AM I don't know everything about substance abuse, but I don't think people really plan beforehand that they are going to be a druggy or an alchy.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Ceeymoore_WestPac: Please, that druggie/alchy should have NEVER won an Oscar.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jordan Zakarin 2012
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Ceeymoore_WestPac: Please, that druggie/alchy should have NEVER won an Oscar.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jordan Zakarin 2012
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Leeching, red nosed, alchy, tales of Blantyre, related to William Wallace, went to school will
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Leeching, red nosed, alchy, tales of Blantyre, related to William Wallace, went to school will
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Yeah, I'm a stone-cold alcoholic for eternity If you're an alchy and you know it, take a swig
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Leeching, red nosed, alchy, tales of Blantyre, related to William Wallace, went to school will
Army Rumour Service 2010
alexz commented on the word alchy
an alcoholic, or a drunkard.
a slang term for alcohol
spotted in 1961 The Synonym Finder - Jerome Irving Rodale
1843 , October New York - Journal of the American Temperance Union
November 30, 2013