Soaker

Soaker
Soaker Soak"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, soaks. [1913 Webster]

2. A hard drinker. [Slang] --South. [1913 Webster]


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  • soaker — n. a drunkard; a tippler. □ Uncle Charlie was a soaker, and the family never realized it. □ Give the old soaker a drink to shut him up …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • soaker — noun see soak I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • soaker — See soak. * * * …   Universalium

  • soaker — noun a) One who soaks. b) A person suffering from the disease of alcoholism …   Wiktionary

  • soaker — Synonyms and related words: alcoholic, alcoholic addict, bacchanal, bacchanalian, bibber, big drunk, boozehound, boozer, brash, burst of rain, carouser, chronic alcoholic, chronic drunk, cloudburst, deluge, devotee of Bacchus, dipsomaniac,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • soaker — soak·er || səʊkÉ™(r) n. (Slang) heavy rain; drunkard …   English contemporary dictionary

  • soaker — n. (Colloq.) Tippler, toper, hard drinker …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • soaker — soak·er …   English syllables

  • soaker — noun 1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually • Syn: ↑alcoholic, ↑alky, ↑dipsomaniac, ↑boozer, ↑lush, ↑souse • Derivationally related forms: ↑souse ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • soaker hose — /ˈsoʊkə hoʊz/ (say sohkuh hohz) noun a garden hose with small holes along its length to allow a steady flow of water under low pressure to reduce wastage …  

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