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  • noun slang An alcoholic.

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Examples

  • What is it about murders most horrid, alkie loner detectives and and the police procedural that so appeals?

    Books Maxine 2009

  • What is it about murders most horrid, alkie loner detectives and and the police procedural that so appeals?

    PETRONA Maxine 2009

  • March 1, 2009 5: 19 am oh I love that movie! your chocolate is pudding-alkie or not, already make my mouth water!

    Chocolat: Dinner and a Movie! at 2009

  • This particular person is an alkie and then allows locals chavs into their property.

    We Love The Judge (For a change) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • "Just because people have addictions and dysfunction, that doesn't mean there isn't love in the family," said Macy, who began the session with a series of dry-witted comments about preparing to play hard-living alkie Frank Gallagher.

    Comic-Con: Shameless Stars on Nudity and Alcohol 2011

  • His argument was that vodka is a neutral spirit and by definition is nearly indistinguishable from one brand to the next — and that consequently the "brand story" (including country of origin) is really all that separates a Grey Goose drinker from a Ketel One alkie.

    Vodka Is Pretty Much The Same No Matter What Brand You Buy - The Consumerist 2008

  • Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10: 46 PM re mileage on the Model T, IIRC the T could run on a number of different fuels - gas, alcohol, etc, so it probably got better mileage on gas and less on alcohol/alkie blends.

    What color is the sky in Tom Friedman's world? 2008

  • When she'd got enough liquor in her, as she had gotten now (rather early in the day as had become her habit), she began to look and move stiff-limbed and prideful like her father, whom she had always called “an alkie” as if it were at worst a curiosity and perhaps an avocation deserving of some beribboned prize.

    Gansevoort Ridge 2009

  • Charlie Kennedy the alkie and an ex-BBC presenter.

    OPEN THREAD.. 2009

  • The GO system runs late, so nights out with non-alkie drinkies are still on the menu … nomotherearth Said,

    Going Placidly Beyond The Noise And Haste | Her Bad Mother 2007

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  • See alcoholic.

    November 11, 2008

  • "Thank God I'm an alkie!" - The Alkie Song, by Dr. Badbreath.

    November 11, 2008