alkies

The country club set, knocking back martinis and Manhattans and Cosmopolitans, looks down on the rednecks at the noisy beer joint across the county line, and the writers and intellectuals at the local college sneer at both groups for being "alkies" but believe that a trip on the latest psychedelic drug is an intellectual adventure.

The O'Reilly Factor O'Reilly, Bill 2000

I know there are plenty of white "alkies" out there as well.

unknown title 2009

The sad thing about this ill-considered (but well-intentioned) proposal is that both problem and social drinkers will spend more on booze (and as alkies have a relatively inelastic demand curve for booze they will spend proportionately more than the rest), leaving less money for food and rent.

In praise of the SNP Norfolk Blogger 2009

They informed me many of these vagrants are dopers, alkies and mentally unstable, they deal with them on a regular basis.

Justices lament closing main entrance to high court building 2010

So it was either scurvy-flavored hookers and gin-soaked alkies, or nothing at all.

PAUL IS UNDEAD ALAN GOLDSHER 2010

February 25th, 2009 3: 33pm stanley Jerusalem-I only lob alkies

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

There wasn't the tradition of "Christmas cheer" (catnip for alkies).

Chris Durang: Thanksgiving: Belated Yippee, Yippee -- We Won; and Sweet Potatoes 2008

It protects future alkies from being discriminated against.

Independence from Oppression 2008

All us alkies, practicing or recovered, know how insane things like that can happen sometimes.

Archive 2008-03-01 Ed Gorman 2008

This means I have been sober thanks to Jesus, and I haven't had to sit in a room with a lot of alkies talking about this 12 steps stuff where you have to apologize and make amends all the time.

Chris Durang: Bush Gets New Speechwriter 2008