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May 19, 2012

alcoholic n.: dipsomaniac (adj.: dipsomaniacal).

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A matched pair of dipsomaniacs, Caitlin and Dylan [Thomas] led a depraved existence, roaring from pub to pub and brawling over countless infidelities. (David Grogan, Pages: From Dylan Thomas’s Widow, Caitlin, Comes a Portrait of the Poet as a [Mad] Young Dog, People, 7/6/1987, p. 79.)

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