drunky

plural drunkies

1. alternativeslangAlternative form of drunkie (“a drunkard”).

   For so long as I can remember, my old man, he was a drunky and a bully. So many times I have seen him beat my ma without mercy, with a buckle belt or his fists.

   2001, Fritz Pointer, A Passion to Liberate: La Guma's South Africa, Images of District Six

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   Inside were stretchers and appliances for removing prisoners, and, that the alarm might not be fruitless, the mayor directed the police to pick up a "drunky" whom we had passed on the way, amusing a group of children […]

   1882, W. H. Russell, Hesperothen: Notes from the West, volume 1

comparative more drunky · superlative most drunky

1. Drunk; drunken.

   Well, they got a pet monkey He likes to get drunky And sing boogie-woogie And it sounds real funky.

   1969, “Gitarzan”, Ray Stevens, Bill Everette (lyrics), performed by Ray Stevens