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Her father was a drunkard.
accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem
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Winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the second of Chan-wook’s vengeance trilogy finds Choi Min-sik as a drunkard who’s mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years, only to be unceremoniously released from captivity to discover what his past sins resulted in.
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite Wells’s outrage, spreading fear of intemperate immigrants and Black drunkards threatening the white Protestant family proved successful for the WCTU.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The film stars Sjöström as a dispirited drunkard named David Holm who is forced to reflect on his past mistakes by the driver of Death’s carriage, who is chosen each year at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite Wells’s outrage, spreading fear of intemperate immigrants and Black drunkards threatening the white Protestant family proved successful for the WCTU.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The film stars Sjöström as a dispirited drunkard named David Holm who is forced to reflect on his past mistakes by the driver of Death’s carriage, who is chosen each year at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
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“Drunkard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunkard. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd 
: a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
Medical Definition
drunkard
noun
drunk·ard
ˈdrəŋ-kərd
: one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism : one who habitually becomes drunk
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