town drunk
Local habitual tippler
The town drunk is a stock figure in small communities—a person known locally for habitual public intoxication.
The phrase carries a mix of mockery and pity, suggesting someone whose drinking has become their defining characteristic: He's practically the town drunk at this point.
The role appears often in fiction set in rural or small-town America, usually as a comic or tragic fixture.
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- barflyHabitual pub patron
- alcoholicAddicted to drinking
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
skid row · saloon · whiskey · tavern · bender · slurring · sot · boozer · staggering · public intoxication · bottle · passed out · gutter · park bench · binge · liquid lunch · wino · disheveled
- small town charactersshop owner, bartender, high school coach, fire chief, librarian
- stock charactersvillain, sidekick, hero, damsel in distress, fool
- village folkvillage elder, shopkeeper, barkeep, innkeeper, blacksmith
- drinkersimbiber, imbibers, drunks, alcoholic, alcoholics
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- eccentricsmad scientist, oddball, weirdo, kook, crackpot
town drunkpillar of the community
Respected local leader
town elder · community leader · respected elder · civic leader · solid citizen
town drunkteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · nondrinker · non-drinker · recovering alcoholic · social drinker
town, drunk, towns, township, townships, townsman, townsmen, townsfolk, townspeople