alkie/ˈæl.ki/EtymologyClipping of alcoholic + -ie. First use appears c. 1844 in the defunct periodical Akron Ohio Buzzard.alkie means an alcoholic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounAn alcoholic.“You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?”