Definitions
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- noun One who drinks alcoholic beverages habitually and excessively.
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- noun
alcoholic ,drunkard
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nor will Jack McCain's "boozehound" reputation at Annapolis do him or his father any harm.
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The Populist notes that Captain Haddock remains a committed whisky-glugging boozehound in Spielberg's Tintin.
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Former football legend and renowned boozehound Paul Gascoigne has revealed that he is now an undead zombie walking the land, following repeated deaths while in rehab for his alcohol problems.
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Former football legend and renowned boozehound Paul Gascoigne has revealed that he is now an undead zombie walking the land, following repeated deaths while in rehab for his alcohol problems.
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Many an underpaid Manhattan boozehound lurches from hotspot to hotspot in search of the latest free mix.
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It had a picture of a red-nosed boozehound on it, like Andy Capp, and little hiccup bubbles that floated above him.
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Ms. Morton, whose performance is blunter but equally absorbing, plays Martha as a life-of-the-party boozehound who drinks to dull her all-consuming disappointment.
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As a fellow boozehound and vodka aficionado said to me upon trying this one, "Now this is vodka!"
Tony Sachs: A Gin Snob Repents: 9 Lesser-Known Vodkas To Convert The Unconverted
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It had a picture of a red-nosed boozehound on it, like Andy Capp, and little hiccup bubbles that floated above him.
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Many an underpaid Manhattan boozehound lurches from hotspot to hotspot in search of the latest free mix.
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