druggie

noun drug·gie \ ˈdrə-gē \

variants: or less commonly druggy

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Definition of druggie

plural druggies

: a person who habitually uses drugs

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an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row

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When his father died suddenly, Hernandez was distraught and started hanging with gangbangers and druggies.

— don oldenburg, USA TODAY, "James Patterson brings thriller approach to 'All-American' killer Aaron Hernandez's story," 22 Jan. 2018
These places are magnets for all the druggies around here.

— brenda cain, cleveland.com, "Dilapidated house demolished, Everhart family rejoices: A Greater Cleveland," 15 Jan. 2018
And her life has come full-circle, having gone from druggie teen to empowering mother and pop star.

— alexia fernandez, PEOPLE.com, "Pink’s Husband Carey Hart Praises Her After She Candidly Shared Details About Their Marriage: ‘She Can Do It All’," 14 Oct. 2017
The movie is as remarkable for its mise-en-scène as for its druggie, orgiastic content.

— j. hoberman, New York Times, "Tangled Bodies and Blown Minds, Complete With the Cockettes," 13 Sep. 2017
The place is a hangout for hookers and druggies, but also a last resort when there’s nowhere to run from the chaos outside.

— Detroit Free Press, "‘Detroit’: What other film critics are saying," 27 July 2017
Elected officials from the president on down feared that the youths of America were skidding anarchically toward a druggie cliff.

— clyde haberman, New York Times, "LSD-Like Drugs Are Out of the Haze and Back in the Labs," 15 May 2016
As had been widely chronicled, Mr. Bowie left America for Berlin, partly to flee his druggie lifestyle.

— steven kurutz, New York Times, "David Bowie: Invisible New Yorker," 16 Jan. 2016

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: a person who often uses illegal drugs

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noun drug·gie

variants: also druggy play \ˈdrəg-ē\

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