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wino

(ˈwɑɪno)

1. n. wine. How about a little more wino?

2. n. a wine drunkard. I gave the wino some money to help him stop the shakes.

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The two winos question the whole American way of life.

Notice, first, that the laugh the wino gets with his malapropistic traffic directing refers us quite specifically to cars moving at high rates of speed though wasted black neighborhoods; the observation is buried in the wino's discourse but gives it a fully imagined realism.

The aesthetic ante: pleasure, pop culture, and the middle passage

Cheap wines with down-and-dirty names--and an extra measure of alcohol-are the beverage of choice among down-and-out drunks, But winos are an embarrassment to the big companies that manufacture these wines.

Wine and winos: the misery market; winos are a major embarrassment to big companies producing cheap wines

Tickets priced at PS10 (plus booking fee) can be bought from the Summer Winos website at www.

Crusher's back to the cafe

The multi-storey car park by the bus station seems to be frequented by winos and deadbeats all looking for a handout for that elusive cup of tea.

Letter: Mailbag - The seedy town centre

Some Aches), winos (Discount Bottle Shop), domestic violence (Fairfield Girl).

Perry's born to run and run

He added: "The trouble was caused mainly by addicts and winos.

Yobs hit graves

Cllr Syd Whitby, Leisure Services spokesman, said: ``On my way into the town hall today I saw two winos sitting on benches outside.

Booze ban on streets; Louts face pounds 500 fine crackdown

And the thirsty hobo, known only as Old Al, immediately spent the money on three bottles of Nightrain - a tipple popular among winos.

Digging deep for a New York tramp

A CITY square which cost EUR9million has become a haven for winos, it was claimed yesterday.

Square is e9m haven for winos

He gave us White Winos, written in honour of his own mother, and even delivered Delaware dedicated to his school days, from his very first album.

Review: Coming through Loudon and clear

FIND out which is the more popular grape among the local winos - Merlot or Shiraz.

Juliet Lawrence Wilson: TAKE WALK IN THE WOOD

Spokesman for the pupils, John Gallagher, 16, said: "There are hundreds of people on the streets of Dublin every night and people have the stereotypes of them being winos or drug addicts.

SCHOOLKIDS ROUGH IT

Where leafy suburbs are filled with prostitutes and winos.

KEVAN FURBANK'S COLUMN: A Brum deal for Belfast

A POPULAR seaside resort's station loos have been shut down at the height of the tourist season, because of vandals and winos.