Meaning & use
Sot
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A habitual drunkard.
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The old sot could be found propped against the tavern door most evenings.
Years of drinking had turned him into a hopeless sot.
A note on using this word
A somewhat old-fashioned, literary word, often used with a tone of pity or contempt; it shares a root with the French word 'sot,' meaning fool.
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teetotaler
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