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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As a tosspot, as a trencherman he was Gargantuan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir: It was surprising to learn from Upton Sinclair that Stephen Crane, the short-lived author of The Red Badge of Courage, is categorized as a tosspot.
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
Frans Hals, father of 14 and no mean tosspot himself, attacked the canvas with all the enthusiasm of his age, disdaining preliminary sketches in favor of a bold, direct approach with brushes loaded with paint.
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 John Mackay Wilson
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