dipso

[dip-soh] /ˈdɪp soʊ/
noun, plural dipsos. Slang.
1.
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
Origin
1875-80; by shortening; cf. -o
Slang definitions & phrases for dipso

dipso

noun

A drunkard; dipsomaniac; lush: Madeline Kahn is his dipso wife, Gilda Radner his ditsy daughter/ But dipsos don't count years; you take it day by day (1880+)