sots

noun

plural of sot
as in alcoholics
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk a sot who was arrested after a bar fight

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Recent Examples of sots That at least has some continuity with the old days, because Third Avenue’s saloons at mid-century were where the sots washed up, like Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
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  1. alcoholics
  2. drunks
Noun
  • By the time Casey came under the wing of other recovering alcoholics in the 1990s, Murphy was a local legend.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
  • 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.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of alcoholics
Noun
  • Give me the drunks, the nightclub comics, the vaudevillians, the hustlers, and the people doing three shows a night for 20 bucks and a sandwich.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of drunks

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“Sots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sots. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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