tanker

Related to tanker: Tanker truck, Tanker aircraft

tanker

dated slang A drunkard or heavy drinker. Primarily heard in US, Canada. I have to call it quits after two or three beers. I can't keep up with tankers like them.

tanker wanker

slang A humorous pejorative for a pilot or crewmember of an aerial refueling craft of the Royal Air Force. Primarily heard in UK. A: "My dad was in the RAF for seven years." B: "Yeah, but he never flew in any battles. He was just a tanker wanker!"
See also: tanker
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tanker

n. a drinker; a drunkard. When I came into the bar, a few tankers were in the back.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • belcher
  • chip
  • chips
  • get turfed out
  • be turfed out
  • be turfed
  • get turfed
  • turf
  • horner
  • brewster
References in periodicals archive
Dr Saif ur Rehman said the district administration should play its role in making sure that tankers are parked in this terminal.
He said all facilities have been provided for parking of oil tankers at ZOTPT and now the district administration is responsible for shifting tankers to Zulfiqarabad Parking Terminal.
Teekay Tankers currently owns a fleet of 35 double-hull tankers, including 16 Suezmax tankers, 12 Aframax tankers, and seven Long Range 2 product tankers, and has four capital leased Suezmax tankers and one contracted time charter-in vessel.
A: The tanker carried dense, gooey oil used to fuel large ships.
Ironically, although oil spills from tankers and barges attract the most public attention, they are not the largest source of spilled petroleum in the world's oceans.
facilities for parking of oil tankers at the terminal and now district administration is responsible for shifting of tankers to the terminal.
This terminal will have 140 toilets and a police kiosk and 36 feet wide road has been constructed along with oil tanker parking terminal, six time zones have been fixed for tankers oil filling tankers, he added.
Concurrently, TIL also announced that its shareholders voted to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Teekay Tankers.
Maersk Barry Oil Tanker East Wind -- 14/04/19 06:48 -
He said we have made this oil tanker terminal has the capacity of parking 3200 oil tankers and all facilities of the drivers have been provided while there would be an infrastructure for 10,000 will be available and six time zones have been fixed for tankers oil filling tankers.
These vessels are STI Lauren, an LR2 product tanker delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering of South Korea in April 2015, which upon delivery began a voyage for 57 days at approximately USD37,000 per day; STI Connaught, an LR2 product tanker delivered from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries of South Korea in May 2015, which upon delivery began a voyage for 60 days at approximately USD34,000 per day and STI Osceola, an MR product tanker delivered from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea in April 2015, which upon delivery began a time charter for up to 120 days at approximately $19,500 per day.
Teekay Tankers Ltd announced that it has agreed to sell its two 2010-built Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) to Tanker Investments Ltd.
27 March 2012 - Danish shipping company Nordic Tankers A/S (CPH:NORDIC) said today it had sealed a conditional deal to sell its chemical tanker business, including the related organisation, for USD30m (EUR22.5m) to a company owned by European investor Triton.
Hafnia Africa Oil Tanker Alpine OP-I 18/03/19 17: 30 -
He said we have made this oil tanker terminal functional and now it was the responsibility of oil tankers owners to let it run in a proper manner.