Boozer
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈbuË.zÉ™(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -uËzÉ™(r)
Full definition of boozer
Noun
- (colloquial) One who drinks habitually; a drunkard.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, , 1963, %22boozers%22+-intitle:%22boozer|boozers%22+-inauthor:%22boozer|boozers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gnsCT4D5CeLTmAX4gZ2TBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boozer%22|%22boozers%22%20-intitle%3A%22boozer|boozers%22%20-inauthor%3A%22boozer|boozers%22&f=false page 25,“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.
- 1918, Charles Stelzle, Why Prohibition!, 2008, %22boozers%22+-intitle:%22boozer|boozers%22+-inauthor:%22boozer|boozers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9XYCT6f8J4L4mAXb3LysAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boozer%22|%22boozers%22%20-intitle%3A%22boozer|boozers%22%20-inauthor%3A%22boozer|boozers%22&f=false page 49,But they have only one insurance rate for ordinary men — drinkers and non-drinkers, and they compel the man who doesn′t booze to make up for the extra amount that the boozer should pay.
- 2009 November, Neville Franks, The Lost Boy of the Ozarks, Backpacker (magazine), %22boozers%22+-intitle:%22boozer|boozers%22+-inauthor:%22boozer|boozers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MW8CT9nKMuznmAXOx8isAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boozer%22|%22boozers%22%20-intitle%3A%22boozer|boozers%22%20-inauthor%3A%22boozer|boozers%22&f=false page 82,Every swig made me more relaxed, and happy, and I was definitely a boozer again, and I wondered why I had ever thought I wasn't a boozer and I took another pull and I was going to clap BC on the back and thank him for being such a good hotel manager, and faithful guide, for being my friend, and then I passed out.
- (UK, slang) A public house.
- (UK, military, obsolete) A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers.
- (Africa) A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations.
