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heavy drinker
noun as in problem drinker
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Princess Margaret—another Royal sibling who struggled with lack of purpose—was a habitual, heavy drinker.
According to a former girlfriend who asked not to be identified, Wafer was a heavy drinker during at least part of his life.
Her mother, Marie Wombwell, was the widow of the “heavy drinker and reckless gambler” Frederick Wombwell.
A heavy drinker, he battered his wife in front of his son Mick.
Nicu was also a compulsive gambler and heavy drinker, as other sons have been.
His countenance showed marks of dissipation, for he was a heavy drinker, and this served to further brutalize his nature.
This face, though red and inflamed like that of a heavy drinker, showed spots where the skin was yellow.
He was a heavy drinker, but with all that you could rely implicitly upon what he said.
His father was a farmer and horse-doctor, a heavy drinker, an eccentric who joined every radical political movement.
He had been rather a heavy drinker up to this time, now five years before; when he left off drink for awhile.
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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to heavy drinker, such as: barfly, chronic alcoholic, chronic drunk, dipsomaniac, drunkard, and hard drinker.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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