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boozer

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booze  (bz) Slang
n.
1.
a. Hard liquor.
b. An alcoholic beverage.
2. A drinking spree.
intr.v. boozed, booz·ing, booz·es
To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch bsen.]

boozer n.
boozi·ly adv.
boozy adj.

boozer [ˈbuːzə]
n Informal
1. a person who is fond of drinking
2. Brit, Austral, and NZ a bar or pub
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boozer - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habituallyboozer - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker

boozer
noun (Informal)
1. pub, local (Brit. informal), bar (informal, chiefly Brit.), inn, tavern, public house, watering hole (facetious slang), roadhouse, hostelry, alehouse (archaic), taproom She once caught him in a boozer with another woman.
2. drinker, toper, drunk, soak (slang), alcoholic, lush (slang), drunkard, sot, tippler, wino (informal), inebriate We always thought he was a bit of a boozer.
Translations
boozer [ˈbuːzəʳ] N
1. (= person) → bebedor(a) m/f, tomador(a) m/f (LAm)
2. (Brit) (= pub) → bar m
boozer [ˈbuːzər] n
(= person) he's a boozer → il picole pas mal
(British) (= pub) → pub m, bistrot m
booze-up [ˈbuːzʌp] n (British)beuverie f
boozer
n
(pej inf: = drinker) → Säufer(in) m(f) (pej inf), → Schluckspecht m (inf)
(Brit inf: = pub) → Kneipe f (inf)
boozer [ˈbuːzəʳ] (fam) n (person) → beone m (Brit) (pub) → osteria


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