gargler

gargler

slang Someone who often drinks alcohol to the point of intoxication. Yeah, I was a gargler when I was younger, but I've been sober for years.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gargler

n. a drinker; a drunkard. You are going to turn into a gargler if you don’t let up on your drinking.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • beer goggles
  • goggle
  • cold sober
  • stone sober
  • seeing snakes
  • see snakes
  • rolling high
  • designated driver
  • see pink spiders
  • seeing pink spiders
References in periodicals archive
Garglers were asked to use 20 mL of water or diluted povidone-iodine for about 15 seconds three times consecutively, and to repeat this protocol at least three times daily They were followed for at least 60 days.
Gargling and URTIs
In the grand old days of garrulous garglers, West Midlanders were assured a toasty welcome in the pub at the end of the street.
Sunday Mercury says: Last orders
What place in such lofty company have the philosophers, straw-suckers,glass-blowers, healers, tiddly-winkers, religious leaders, the all -day soaks and garglers, weekend hippies, poets, string-vest models, pancake-tossers,mop salesmen and the makers offool's gold?
David CHARTERS