wino

Definition

A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

Etymology

From wine + -o (“person with characteristic”).

Example Sentences

• "My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long."
• "Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond"
• "I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin."

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