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• a variation of druggie.

druggy

¹ American  

[druhg-ee] / ˈdrʌg i /

noun

• druggies
  plural

1. druggie.

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druggy ² American  

[druhg-ee] / ˈdrʌg i /

adjective

druggier, druggiest

1. affected by a drug, especially a narcotic or illicit drug.

   playing to a druggy audience.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• druggies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of druggy¹

First recorded in 1970–75; drug ¹ + -y ²

Origin of druggy²

drug ¹ + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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druggies

There is not much inventiveness of language these days either, no Menckenish words like "pecksniffian," no Rabelais around to rail against "slubberdegullion druggies, ninny lobcocks, or scurvy sneaksbies."

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere between super popular and well'liked: not brainy, not jocks, not rich, not druggies, not mean, not goody-goody, not huge, not flat.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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