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

Hosts of unclean birds and crapulous insects can pass through the sky, but they cannot pass any communication between it and the earth.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The number of prisoners at that time confined in this jail reduced itself to seven, to wit: four forgers, two lunatics, and a crapulous old gentleman.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

And ever an anon, with crapulous glee, Grinned homage to viragoes on the shore.

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir