1999, Lee Stringer, Grand Central Winter, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 153:
Stupid, thirsty, dumb-ass fuck! Twenty dollars for two pieces of soap [instead of dime-bags of drugs]. The thirsties will get you every time. No doubt about it. I was having a real bad Tuesday.
2010, Max Evans, War & Music: A Medley of Love, UNM Press (→ISBN)
When Jiggs went to town to shop for supplies he usually took Ty with him, but sometimes, when he wanted to go alone, he gave Ty some chores to do and said simply, “I got the town-thirsties." […] God, he was thirsty as a sandstorm.
2019, Anna Borges, The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care, The Experiment (→ISBN), page 118:
[You drink water and] you don't feel thirsty anymore. That cycle is innate, and is triggered by a hormone my body doesn't make. So I take a pill three times a day to keep that cycle from spiraling into what my mom calls the unquenchable thirsties.
thirst (for liquid) or ones who are thirsty (for liquid) ?
2012, William F. Pinar, Queer Theory in Education, Routledge (→ISBN), page 233:
Pantagruel was “dominator of the thirsties” because he was born on the very day the earth broke out into a sweat and created the sea. Pantagruel means all (Panta) thirsty (Gruel). This description of creation is a radical digression ...
2019, Francois Rabelais, Pantagruel and Gargantua, Alma Books (→ISBN)
“Yes, sire,” said the prisoner, “he's there in person; and we call him Anarch, King of the Dipsodes, which means the Thirsties – the reason being that you never saw people so thirsty, always looking forward to the next drink.
The most interesting thing to the "chicken fanciers"—and the thirsty also—was an ice cream parlor in Morrison. Before we left […] the town ran short on all brands of beer (near, Root, etc.), and the thirsties of the crowd were reduced to the tamer pastime of eating oranges and cracking peanuts.
1985, Donna L. Hess, Speech for Christian Schools (→ISBN)
His holsters were bulging with the weapon that had caused the Thirsties for miles around to fear for their lives — Sprazzle Soda!
WICKED THIRSTIES GASP IN TERROR
CAN POPPING OPEN
Take that, you wretched Thirsty!
1990, George Waters, The Pacific Horticulture Book of Western Gardening, David R Godine Pub, page 18:
Another way to limit the use of thirsty plants […] Here small beds of flowers, azaleas, and other "thirsties" could be grown satisfactorily.
2010, Ian Bogost, Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames, MIT Press (→ISBN), page 215:
... commercials in which Kool-Aid Man battled evil “Thirsties,” spikey gremlin-like creatures with insatiable thirst. In the game, the player helps Kool-Aid Man thwart the Thirsties' attempt to steal water out of a swimming pool while ...
2011, Brett Weiss, Classic Home Video Games, 1972–1984: A Complete Reference Guide, McFarland (→ISBN), page 74:
Players control the title character—that big pitcher seen in the old Kool-Aid commercials and on the packages of the sugary drink—as he catches Thirsties that are dipping their straws into the backyard swimming pool. Touching a Thirsty when it's not drinking will bounce Kool-Aid Man around the yard, […]
