酔よいどれ

noun

drunkard; drunk

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for a person who is habitually drunk or a heavy drinker. In modern casual speech, 酔っ払い is more common.

• 彼かれは街まちで有ゆう名めいな酔よいどれだ。

  He is a well-known drunkard in town.

• 酔よいどれの詩し人じんが酒さか場ばで歌うたっていた。

  A drunken poet was singing in the bar.