crapulous

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In those crapulous times, 50 years ago, he was no nicer than others, and far more energetic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fat, untidy and crapulous, �vejk is a natural disaster as a soldier.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gentleman in question, a battered and crapulous cab-tout, presented himself for inspection, and one of the policemen offered to accompany him and impress the reported keeper with the urgency of the situation.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

Rather than such cockney sentimentality as this as an education for the taste and sympathies, we prefer the most crapulous group of boors that Teniers ever painted.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

In the article of women, nevertheless, he is become more correct, since his connection with Mrs. Fitzherbert, who is an honest and worthy woman: he is even less crapulous than he was.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson