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nounalchy (plural alchies)
plural alchies
- alternativeAlternative spelling of alkie.
Say the words. Hello. I'm Emma. I'm an alcoholic and drug addict. Hi, how you doing? I'm an alchy and a pill head.
2015, Duncan Macmillan, “Act One”, in People1 more example
For the alchy, alcohol gives with one hand and takes with the other. It says, when you're in the middle of withdrawal and fighting a beatup liver, 'I'll make you better. I can fix you!'
2011, Michael Carson, Benson at Sixty
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APA
alchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alchy
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alchy.
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