tosspot
Americannoun
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Literary. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
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British Slang: Disparaging. a contemptible person, idiot, or loser.
noun
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archaic a habitual drinker
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slang a stupid or contemptible person
Etymology
Origin of tosspot
Example Sentences
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Best performance by an actor: Frank Fay, as the gentle, rabbit-fancying tosspot in Harvey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trick Topper sequences: water in a shower bath bouncing off Miss Bennett's invisible figure; sheep dogs hurtling through the air; Roland Young, superb as a tosspot, reeling across the floor seemingly unsupported.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time Lieutenant Muffat returns to Paris, the Franco-Prussian War has started, Nana has become a tosspot and Colonel Muffat has left his home to live with her.
From Time Magazine Archive
These guiding principles are advanced with brisk savvy in Royal Flash, which has to do with the exploits of Captain Harry Flashman, a rogue, prig, tosspot and coward, and proud of every bit of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Here, my good old tosspot, Will Pearson!" said he, as he handed to him one of the flasks.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay
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