"alchy" meaning in All languages combined

See alchy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: alchies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alchy (plural alchies)
  1. Alternative spelling of alkie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: alkie
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          "ref": "2011, Michael Carson, Benson at Sixty:",
          "text": "For the alchy, alcohol gives with one hand and takes with the other. It says, when you're in the middle of withdrawal and fighting a beatup liver, 'I'll make you better. I can fix you!'",
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          "ref": "2015, Duncan Macmillan, “Act One”, in People:",
          "text": "Say the words.\nHello. I'm Emma. I'm an alcoholic and drug addict.\nHi, how you doing? I'm an alchy and a pill head.",
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