Boozer

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard. colloquial

    "“Tess is a fine figure o′ fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone."

  2. 2
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually wordnet
  3. 3
    A public house, pub. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang

    "Zoe’s dad went to the same boozer every day, a flat-roofed pub on the edge of the estate, with the cross of St George hanging above the door and a ferocious-looking Rottweiler tied up outside."

  4. 4
    A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers. UK, obsolete
  5. 5
    A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations. Africa

    "2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2, Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby generator, so that they can have a small well?"

Etymology

From booze + -er (agent noun suffix) or (pub) + -er (relational noun suffix).

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