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dipsomaniac

[dip-suh-mey-nee-ak, -soh-] / ˌdɪp səˈmeɪ niˌæk, -soʊ- /










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And his son was a hunchback and a dipsomaniac.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer

In England a spendthrift or dipsomaniac can only be controlled when he has spent all his money.

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by C. W. (Caleb Williams) Saleeby

The world must remain in a reverent doubt as to whether he would, on the same principles, have presented a diplomatist to a dipsomaniac or a ratiocinator to a rat catcher.

From The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton




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