Ginsoak

What is Ginsoak?

1.

Older English term for a drunk, à la 'wino' or 'rummy'.

"...the ginsoaks, stew bums, and shell-shocked veterans who lurk in the alleys and linger in the weedy wastes underneath the El tracks." —'Chicago, city on the Make' by Nelson Algren, 1951

See ginsoak, gin, drunkard, wino, rummy, drunk, ginsoak
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