as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
few suspected that this pillar of the community, ensconced in her suburban colonial, was a closet dipsomaniac
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alcoholic
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Sam Sanders grew up in anger; his father, an alcoholic, would come home from work furious, Matt says, beating Sam with his belt.
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The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.
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“Dipsomaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomaniac. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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