reel-pot

English

Etymology

From reel (“to walk unsteadily”) +‎ pot.

Noun

reel-pot (plural reel-pots)

1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
   • 1604, Thomas Middleton, Plato's Cap Cast at the Year 1604:

     And lastly some shall have a palsy in their feet, and will not be able to stand to anything but shake and reel from the stall into the channel—your excellent reel-pots.

   • 1604, Thomas Middleton, The Black Book:

     There I heard news out of all countries in all languages: how many villains were in Spain, how many luxurs in Italy, how many perjureds in France and how many reel-pots in Germany.

Synonyms

• squeeze-grape, tosspot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard