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Her father was a drunkard.
accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem
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Despite Wells’s outrage, spreading fear of intemperate immigrants and Black drunkards threatening the white Protestant family proved successful for the WCTU.
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Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The film stars Sjöström as a dispirited drunkard named David Holm who is forced to reflect on his past mistakes by the driver of Death’s carriage, who is chosen each year at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
So your daughters have decided to side with their drunkard of a father and are trying to blackmail you into submission.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
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Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The film stars Sjöström as a dispirited drunkard named David Holm who is forced to reflect on his past mistakes by the driver of Death’s carriage, who is chosen each year at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
So your daughters have decided to side with their drunkard of a father and are trying to blackmail you into submission.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunkard. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd 
: a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
Medical Definition
drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd
: one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism : one who habitually becomes drunk
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