heavy drinker
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Like me, my high school friend was never a heavy drinker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
Like Churchill, a heavy drinker given to bouts of "Black Dog" depression, Johnson suffered from self-doubt and would soon be brought low by his catastrophic decision to escalate the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
Moore, a diabetic since 1968, did so on the advice of doctors, who suggested that although she is not a heavy drinker she ought to halt even social drinking, which can be dangerous for diabetics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bobby then played one of the most colorful Yugoslavian masters, Dragoljub Janosevic, a heavy drinker, womanizer, and poker player, and more of a Damon Runyon character than a stereotypical chess player.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The chief engineer was a Mr. Mussey, stout, affable, and cynic, a heavy drinker, untidy about his person and exacting about his engine-room, a veteran of his trade and--it was said--an ancient croney of Monk's.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
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