boozer

plural boozers

1. colloquialOne who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard.

   "You were actually taking that old boozer seriously."

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 171

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   “Tess is a fine figure o′ fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman, Faithfully Presented, published 1963, page 25

   But they have only one insurance rate for ordinary men — drinkers and non-drinkers, and they compel the man who doesn′t booze to make up for the extra amount that the boozer should pay.

   1918, Charles Stelzle, Why Prohibition!, published 2008, page 49

   2009 November, Neville Franks, The Lost Boy of the Ozarks, Backpacker, page 82, Every swig made me more relaxed, and happy, and I was definitely a boozer again, and I wondered why I had ever thought I wasn't a boozer and I took another pull and I was going to clap BC on the back and thank him for being such a good hotel manager, and faithful guide, for being my friend, and then I passed out.

   Synonyms: drunkard

2. AustraliaNew ZealandUKslangA public house, pub.

   Zoe’s dad went to the same boozer every day, a flat-roofed pub on the edge of the estate, with the cross of St George hanging above the door and a ferocious-looking Rottweiler tied up outside.

   2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

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   During the week, the players were just as likely to be spotted out together in a local pub such as the Four in Hand. It was even known for them to frequent the Marksman off Carters Green, one of the town’s roughest boozers.

   2014 July 25, The Guardian

   Synonyms: pub

3. UKobsoletegovernmentA World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers.
4. AfricaA vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations.

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   2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2, Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby generator, so that they can have a small well?

   Synonyms: bowser, tanker

plural Boozers

1. A surname.