Definition of sot
:a habitual drunkard
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a sot who was arrested after a bar fight
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There's the company sot, Fielding (Anthony Chisholm, with a voice from the bottom of a bottle), who turns out to have been a coveted tailor for Billy Eckstine and Count Basie.
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This social network will help these poor sots overcome their addiction, working on the same principle as nicotine gum, methadone and arena football.
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Origin and Etymology of sot
Middle English, fool, from Old English sott
sot Synonyms
Synonyms
alcoholic, alkie (or alky) [slang], boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunkard, inebriate, juicehead [slang], juicer [slang], lush, rummy, soak, soaker, drunk, souse, tippler, toper, tosspotRelated Words
swigger, swiller; winoNear Antonyms
abstainer, nondrinker, teetotaler (or teetotaller), teetotalistSOT Defined for English Language Learners
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