tosspot
nounUK /ˈtɒspɒt/
Etymology From toss + pot.
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Archaic, Colloquial A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
- The Muses shame to remember some fresh quaffers of Helicon; and which of the Graces or Virtues blusheth not to name some lusty tosspots of rhetoric?1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation; or, A New Praise of the Old Ass, published 1815, pages 140–141:
- We see our carowsing tospot German souldiers, when they are most plunged in their cups and as drunke as rats, to have perfect remembrance of their quarter, of the watchword, and of their files.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Well, that's one in the eye for the nay-sayers, the doubters, the cynics and assorted tosspots what make up the media and that.2000 June 13, Darren Tackle, The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- reel-pot, squeeze-grape
- Derived terms
- tosspottery