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alcoholic alcoholic [‚al·kə′hȯl·ik] (medicine) An individual who consumes excess amounts of alcoholic beverages to the extent of being addicted, habituated, or dependent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it. For a minute, alcoholic fumes kept the captain speechless. Even to her mother's gaze the girl's young features looked sadly out of place amid the alcoholic vapours which floated here as no unsuitable medium for wrinkled middle-age; and hardly was a reproachful flash from Tess's dark eyes needed to make her father and mother rise from their seats, hastily finish their ale, and descend the stairs behind her, Mrs Rolliver's caution following their footsteps. |
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