alkie

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alkie

/ˈæl.ki/

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Clipping of alcoholic + -ie. First use appears c. 1844 in the defunct periodical Akron Ohio Buzzard.

noun alkies · alchie · alchy · alky

informal An alcoholic. You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?
Similar: drunkard

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noun Alcoholic

Русский	алкаш alkaš

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@misc{alkie_2026,
  title = {alkie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alkie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}