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Drunkard's Walk — may refer to: Drunkard s Walk (novel), a 1960 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl Drunkard s walk, a patchwork pattern made up of squares of fabric with a quarter circle of contrasting fabric in one corner Drunkard s walk, a type of a random… … Wikipedia
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drunkard — drunkard, inebriate, alcoholic, dipsomaniac, sot, soak, toper, tosspot, tippler designate one who drinks to excess. Drunkard and inebriate suggest the habitude of intoxication but in themselves imply nothing about the causes or effects of such… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Drunkard — Drunk ard, n. [Drunk + ard.] One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot. [1913 Webster] The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drunkard's search — is a way of conducting a search to look in the place that s easiest, rather than in the place most likely to yield results. Taken from an old joke about a drunkard who loses his car keys while unlocking his car and is found looking under a… … Wikipedia
drunkard — One who habitually engages in the overindulgence of alcohol. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. drunkard One who habitually engages in the overindulgence of alcohol … Law dictionary
drunkard — 1520s, DRONCARDE (Cf. droncarde), but probably older (attested from late 13c. as a surname, Druncard), from M.E. dronken, participial adj. from DRUNK (Cf. drunk) (q.v.) + ARD (Cf. ard) … Etymology dictionary
drunkard — [druŋk′ərd] n. [ DRUNK + ARD: ? after Du dronkaard] a person who often gets drunk; inebriate … English World dictionary
Drunkard's cloak — 18th century depiction of the Drunkard s cloak … Wikipedia
drunkard — /drung keuhrd/, n. a person who is habitually or frequently drunk. [1400 50; late ME; see DRUNK, ARD] Syn. toper, sot, tippler, drinker. DRUNKARD and INEBRIATE are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. DRUNKARD connotes willful… … Universalium
