as in addicts
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row
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Recent Examples of druggies
Seth Rogen and [costar] Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are huge druggies!
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggies
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This could be a center for the elderly, an association that helps drug addicts, or some other institution with a similar social-support function.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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At night, the entranceway filled with homeless people who came inside to sleep; addicts smoked fentanyl in unoccupied apartments.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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It was also recently revealed that up to 300,000 chats between users and the Grok chatbot had been indexed and made publicly visible in the same way.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Passes by Sling grant users temporary access to the Sling Orange plan, which includes popular channels such as ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, TNT, A&E, TBS, Disney Channel, Comedy Central, History Channel and CNN.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Druggies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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