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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cheap drunk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who becomes intoxicated easily or at a low cost, often implying that they do not require much alcohol to get drunk.
Example: "At the party, he was a cheap drunk, having only a couple of beers before he started slurring his words."
Alternatives: "lightweight" or "easy drunk."
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The low prices make them easily affordable to teenagers and college students looking for a cheap drunk.
As for partying, I've learned to be a cheap drunk... FUBAR taught me years ago that a cheap six pack will get you right ripped if you shotgun a few.
Drinking on an empty stomach is both a ticket to a cheap drunk and a wild hangover.
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It was a cheap drink drunk by the poor.
Cheap Drunks As college students began returning to campus, Tara Parker-Pope found another reason to worry about the allure of alcohol, which she reports on her Times blog, Well: Anyone who has spent time around a college campus knows that the local bars offer drink specials to entice the party crowd.
Cachaça is traditionally considered harsh, unsophisticated and a cheap way to get drunk fast.
Vivian tries to resist Cay's charms, and ends up being kicked out by Cay's jealous mother, Vivian checks into a cheap hotel and gets drunk, but Cay appears, banging down her door, and when Vivian tells her to go away she whimpers, "I can't!" Vivian lets her in and at last they share a very long, sweaty and realistic kiss, with no soundtrack to distract the viewer.
The fluid, which normally contains 93% ethanol, as well as hawthorn extract and lemon oil, is widely drunk in Russia as a cheap substitute for alcohol.
Think a cheap Stereolab who don't mind getting drunk and dancing their asses off.
Far from the sickeningly sweet apple wines favored during the Boone's Farm cheap-drunk era of the 1970s, today's fruit wines — in colors of striking crystalline jewel tones — can be sophisticated, subtle and downright dry.
Pretty good cheap-drunk material".
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