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alkies

/ˈæl.kiz/

alkies is the plural of alkie.

alkies is the plural of alky.

Meaning of alkie

Noun

alkie (plural alkies)

  1. (informal) An alcoholic.
    • You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?1966, Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
    Synonyms:
    drunkard

Questions about alkies

What is alkies the plural of?
Alkies is the plural of alkie.
How do you pronounce alkies?
Alkies is pronounced /ˈæl.kiz/.

Words near alkies in the dictionary

  1. Alkhatib
  2. Alkhatibs
  3. alkide
  4. alkides
  5. alkie
  6. alkies
  7. alkin
  8. Alkincoats
  9. alkine
  10. alkines
  11. Alkington

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alkies (page history and authors); alkie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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