dipsomaniac
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1DIPSOMANIAC + NOUN
abstainer
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noun
One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away.
A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
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3The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
WiktionaryThe Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their
WiktionaryTom is a dipsomaniac.
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