dipsomaniacal

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Nearly thirty-five, Adele was ready to toss in the taps, and did so by marrying the dipsomaniacal Charlie Cavendish.

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  • Nearly thirty-five, Adele was ready to toss in the taps, and did so by marrying the dipsomaniacal Charlie Cavendish. —  AmericanHeritage.com
  • Today, folks will wax dipsomaniacal in search of their "Irish" alky within. —  The Latest on Air America
  • Beginning with a gorgeous title sequence during which we watch History Professor George (Burton) and his saucy and sauced wife Martha (Taylor) walking back from a function drunk and cackling, the movie immediately places us in their dark, disconsolate universe -- one of shattered hopes, nihilism, and dipsomaniacal game playing. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • "Why not two teaspoonfuls every hour?" he suggested, with an eagerness almost dipsomaniacal. —  Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
 

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