alchy

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English

Noun

alchy (plural alchies)

  1. Alternative spelling of alkie
    • 2011, Michael Carson, Benson at Sixty:
      For the alchy, alcohol gives with one hand and takes with the other. It says, when you're in the middle of withdrawal and fighting a beatup liver, 'I'll make you better. I can fix you!'
    • 2015, Duncan Macmillan, “Act One”, in People:
      Say the words.
      Hello. I'm Emma. I'm an alcoholic and drug addict.
      Hi, how you doing? I'm an alchy and a pill head.