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- noun Plural form of
wino .
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Examples
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That's all it took for those word winos of yesteryear, those "let's name a worm after a dog" intelligentsia, to connect the hairy dots.
French Word-A-Day 2008
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Surprised that Paul Giamatti is in their since he has gone numerous times on record indicating that wine connaiseurs and winos are fluff and a waste of time.
Vote now! Wine Person of the Decade [the Naughties] | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I remember during our orientation week at the very start of law school, we spent about an hour watching a video about how lawyers are pill-poppers and winos and have the second highest suicide rate among the professions.
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The kids in the choir live in a community plagued with rats, winos, graffiti and drug addicts.
Joanne D'Antonio: The Last Legacy of Preston Sturges Joanne D 2010
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At one point Daniel explains that he is trying to get publishers to accept a novel about the city's slums: "I see heroes," he says, "but editors see winos and bums."
Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011
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He also fired more than fifty members, claiming they were winos and drifters.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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He also fired more than fifty members, claiming they were winos and drifters.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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It makes you wonder when the winos steal cheap booze because they know they will just get a slap.
Cross & Rude « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Saw Momma in a white gown; saw my baby with his newly adopted parents, passed around from foster family to foster family as if he was a wine bottle in a circle of winos.
Show Stoppah Thomas Slater 2011
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Brabazon and du Toit sometimes resembles that of two winos who stumble between bars, leaning on each other for support.
Combat Junkies Graeme Wood 2011
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