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Rummy

Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Unusual 84% connected

Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

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Unusual 84% connected

Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

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Narrower term 7

Alcoholic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholi…

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Boozer 76% connected

One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

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Dipsomaniac 76% connected

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

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Gin 76% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

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Lush 76% connected

Full of juice or succulence.

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Soaker 76% connected

One who, or that which, soaks.

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Broader term 3

Drinker 76% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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Imbiber 76% connected

One who, or that which, imbibes.

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Toper 76% connected

One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

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Soak 74% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Soak 74% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Synonym 11

Curious 92% connected

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

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Drunk 92% connected

of Drink

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Drunkard 92% connected

One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

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Funny 92% connected

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

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Inebriate 92% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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Odd 92% connected

Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

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Peculiar 92% connected

One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not…

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Queer 92% connected

At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…

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Rum 92% connected

A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of…

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Singular 92% connected

Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.

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Sot 92% connected

A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

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