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SOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sot mean?
• SOT (noun)
The noun SOT has 1 sense:
1. a chronic drinker
Familiarity information: SOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chronic drinker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino
Hypernyms ("sot" is a kind of...):
drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sot"):
alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)
Context examples
Briefly, Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable inquiry, and I have hoped to find a clue in the incoherent ramblings of these sots, as I have done before now.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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