boozehound

American  

[booz-hound] / ˈbuzˌhaʊnd /

noun

Informal.

1. a boozer.

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Etymology

Origin of boozehound

First recorded in 1925–30; booze + hound ¹

Example Sentences

His brilliance comes from portraying Schindler not as a pure-hearted hero but as the conniving swindler he was, a lustful gambling boozehound who originally employed Jews because they were cheaper and ends up with a commitment to save them.

From Washington Post

I’m not much of a boozehound myself, but if I had anything resembling a “house drink,” it would probably be sangria.

From Washington Post

As he puts it early in “The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey”: “I had become that familiar subspecies of the North American male, the divorced boozehound with a bad driving record and emerging symptoms of low self-esteem. I knew that I had to escape.”

From New York Times

Jason Wilson is the author of “Boozehound” and the winee-book series “Planet of the Grapes.”

From Washington Post

Cohle, who in 1995 still fought to keep his demons in check, is now a scraggly boozehound who boasts of staying plastered between shifts tending bar.

From Seattle Times