A 47-year-old, nondescript boozehound who once programmed computers for the French government, Houellebecq is an unlikely choice as either a literary lion or sacrificial lamb.
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Boozehound
Synonyms for "boozehound" (25 found)
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Translations
13 translations across 5 languages.
German
1 entries- Schnapsdrossel noun (alcoholic)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- dranker noun (alcoholic)
- drukkenbolt noun (alcoholic)
- fyllehund noun (alcoholic)
- fyllik noun (alcoholic)
Romanian
3 entries- bețiv noun (alcoholic)
- bețivan noun (alcoholic)
- drojdier noun (alcoholic)
Spanish
4 entries- beberrón noun (alcoholic)
- beodo noun (alcoholic)
- borrachín noun (alcoholic)
- esponja noun (alcoholic)
Swedish
1 entries- fyllhund noun (alcoholic)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers.
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