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boozehound en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From booze + hound.

Meanings

1. (informal) alcoholic, drunkard
   • He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers. 2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • A 47-year-old, nondescript boozehound who once programmed computers for the French government, Houellebecq is an unlikely choice as either a literary lion or sacrificial lamb. 2005 August 20, “Michel Houellebecq: The sex export”, in The Independent:

Forms

Synonyms

drunkard

Translations (13)

nb fyllehund (alcoholic) · ro drojdier (alcoholic) · nb dranker (alcoholic) · ro bețivan (alcoholic) · nb fyllik (alcoholic) · es beberrón (alcoholic) · es beodo (alcoholic) · sv fyllhund (alcoholic) · nb drukkenbolt (alcoholic) · de Schnapsdrossel (alcoholic) · es esponja (alcoholic) · es borrachín (alcoholic) · ro bețiv (alcoholic)