Alko
noun (pl) alkos, alcos
(Austral, slang) a heavy drinker or alcoholic
Historical Examples
Zemphra, the girl, after bearing a son to alko, gets tired of him and falls in love with another gipsy.
Why we should read S. P. B. Mais
alko feels this very much and complains to her father, who tells him that he too in his youth lost his love in a similar way.
Why we should read S. P. B. Mais
The pianist plays The camels are coming, and Mahmoud el Ibrahim, who has been badly jehad, is placed as an alko ran.
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