tosspot

American  

[taws-pot, tos-] / ˈtɔsˌpɒt, ˈtɒs- /

noun

1. Literary. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.

2. British Slang: Disparaging. a contemptible person, idiot, or loser.

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tosspot British  

/ ˈtɒsˌpɒt /

noun

1. archaic a habitual drinker

2. slang a stupid or contemptible person

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Etymology

Origin of tosspot

First recorded in 1560–70; toss + pot ¹

Example Sentences

In Manhattan the Rev. Charles S. Webster saw fit to say that the Scottish poet was not the irreligious tosspot he had been made out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Critic Swaffer, tall, stringy, in his 50's, convivial, well-to-do, was once a famed young tosspot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sad-eyed, lanky Artist Utrillo got a tosspot reputation in his youth, produced, nevertheless, many serious and hauntingly gifted paintings, and for at least ten years has been sober as a church.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is from his new friend Vicente Hidalgo, a revolutionist gone to seed and now a tosspot clairvoyant, that Harmon regains a larger sense of manhood.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a certain ne'er-do-well Mountain, a noted striker and tosspot of the district, had mysteriously disappeared about that date, and had never since come within scope of Castle Barfield knowledge.

From Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by Murray, David Christie