alkie

alky

1. Alcohol. It's been a rough week—let's go to the bar for some alky.
2. One who is often drunk; an alcoholic. That guy's a real alky—I wish he would get some help.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

alchy

and alkie and alky (ˈælki)
1. n. alcohol; an alcoholic beverage. The crooks stole most of the alchy from the bar at the club. My great-grandfather made his own “alky” during prohibition.
2. n. a drunkard. You see alchy after alchy all up and down Maxwell Street.

alkie

verb
See alchy

alky

verb
See alchy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • alchy
  • blivit
  • sneakerhead
  • the bottle
  • bottle
  • double-dome
  • blowhard
  • droob
  • drube
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