alchie

English

Noun

alchie (plural alchies)

1. Alternative spelling of alkie
   • 2000, David Hare, “Act Two”, in My Zinc Bed, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 79:

     I'm in AA for Christ's sake – of course I can't handle it! Of course I can't handle it! I have a physio-fucking-whatsit-chemical relationship to alcohol. I'm an alchie!

   • 2014 October 13, “The Fine Line Between a Casual College Drinker and an Alcoholic”, in The Huffington Post‎^[1]:

     Nowadays, girls are taking selfies at the alter [sic], chugging down wine with the photo-bombing priest, with the caption, "LOLZ IM SUCH AN ALCHIE."

Anagrams

• Lachie, heliac