soaker
[noun]
Synonyms: drunkard, bibber, boozehound, boozer, drunk, guzzler, inebriate, lush, soak, sot

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soaker noun. ['sǝʊkǝ] L16.
[formed as SOAKAGE + -ER¹.]
1. A drainer, an exhauster. L16-M17.

2. A heavy drinker; a drunkard. colloq. L16.

3. a. A person who soaks something. E17.
b. A heavy drenching rain. L18.
c. A soaking pit. E20.

4. A sheet of metal used in roofing to keep out rain. L19.
Phrases: old soaker colloq. (a) an old hand at something, an old stager; (b) a regular or heavy drinker.

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