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Synonyms for drunkards


Grammar : Noun
Spell : druhng-kerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌŋ kərd

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Définition of drunkards

Origin :
  • 1520s, droncarde, but probably older (attested from late 13c. as a surname, Druncard), from Middle English dronken, participial adjective from drunk (q.v.), + -ard.
  • noun person who is inebriated
  • noun one who drinks too much
Example sentences :
  • He's got a drunken father,—one of the meanest kind of drunkards.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • All the shop laughed, even Madame Putois, who did not like drunkards.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Drunkards were already installed in the wineshops, squabbling and gesticulating.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • They slept rudely, all their faces beaming with the fine innocence of drunkards.
  • Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
  • The former were frequently in use for the correction of drunkards.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • He associates with gamblers and drunkards, and soon becomes both.
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • They were not drunkards, but the cache had given them hopes of drinks.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • From keeping company with drunkards, she had grown to be a drunkard herself.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • Every night the child was awakened by the quarrels of the drunkards.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • Nowhere does it seem to have gotten a hold on them, and there are no drunkards.
  • Extract from : « Negritos of Zambales » by William Allan Reed

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