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booze

 (bo͞oz) 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 būsen.]
booz′er n.
booz′i·ly adv.
booz′y adj.
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boozer

(ˈbuːzə)
n
1. a person who is fond of drinking
2. Brit and Austral and NZ a bar or pub
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.boozer - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habituallyboozer - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, lush, souse, soaker
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker
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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.
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boozer

noun
Slang. A person who is habitually drunk:
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, sot, tippler.
Slang: boozehound, lush, rummy, soak, souse, sponge, stiff.
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Translations
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boozer

[ˈbuːzəʳ] N
1. (= person) → bebedor(a) m/f, tomador(a) m/f (LAm)
2. (Brit) (= pub) → bar m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

boozer

[ˈbuːzər] n
(= person) he's a boozer → il picole pas mal
(British) (= pub) → pub m, bistrot mbooze-up [ˈbuːzʌp] n (British) → beuverie f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

boozer

n
(pej inf: = drinker) → Säufer(in) m(f) (pej inf), → Schluckspecht m (inf)
(Brit inf: = pub) → Kneipe f (inf)
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boozer

[ˈbuːzəʳ] (fam) n (person) → beone m (Brit) (pub) → osteria
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