Definition of "tosspot" [toss•pot]

• A drunkard. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Any "tosspot" hunter is sure to chase up blind alleys."
• "Nor is sweepstakes a "tosspot," because the race does not sweep the stakes, the winner does (or used to, before changing social mores added shares for second, third and fourth)."
• "Such ambiguities are the spice of "tosspot" hunting."