Alcoholic and Bum

Alcoholic

Alcoholic noun - A person who makes a habit of getting drunk.

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Bum and alcoholic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bum" instead a noun "Alcoholic".

Nearby Words: alcohol, alcoholism

Bum noun - The part of the body upon which someone sits.

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Alcoholic and bum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alcoholic" instead a noun "Bum".

Nearby Words: bumpy, bumping

old	old alcoholic	old bum
good	good alcoholic	good bum
due	due alcoholic	due bum
abusive	abusive alcoholic	abusive bum
Other adjectives: incompetent, depressed, hopeless, lazy, former, psychotic, homeless.

The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" (1987) sort of combines this with The Masochism Tango: He's a bum and an alcoholic, she's a heroin addict, and he ends the song declaring he can't survive without her.

Source: Anti-Christmas Song
Jakub Wędrowycz is an alcoholic, ditzy, behind-the-times bum with a penchant for being a Sociopathic Hero.

Source: Anti Hero / Literature
Prohibition only made that worse, basically destroying the wine industry; when Prohibition was lifted, the major center of production in California began churning out cheap, highly alcoholic fortified wines sold in bulk—the famous "bum wine" or "jug wine" associated with poor drinkers.

Source: Useful Notes / Cuisines in America

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