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Definition of Soaker
1. Noun. A heavy rain.
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rainfall
Derivative terms: Deluge, Deluge, Pelt, Soak, Torrential
2. Noun. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
Generic synonyms: Drunk, Drunkard, Inebriate, Rummy, Sot, Wino
Derivative terms: Alcoholic, Booze, Soak, Souse
Definition of Soaker
1. n. One who, or that which, soaks.
Definition of Soaker
1. Noun. One who, or that which, soaks. ¹
2. Noun. A person suffering from alcoholism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soaker
1. one that soaks [n -S] - See also: soaks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soaker
Literary usage of Soaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from by Owen Williams (1828)
"There was no quarrel—there might | The sun's a good pimple, an honest soaker, " '
he has a cellar at your Antipodes. If 1 travel, Wit. ..."
2. The Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune by James Parton (1855)
"... Journey—Horace and the horseman—Yoking the Oxen— Scene with an old soaker—Rum
in Westhaven—Horace's First ..."
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