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al·ky (

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n. pl. al·kies Slang

An alcoholic.

[Shortening and alteration of alcoholic + -y³.]

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alky

alky - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

alcoholic, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse, soaker

drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker

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