: a person (especially a homeless person) who is habitually drunk on wine
… his father was a wino, living on the streets … Kevin Murphy
… I was relieved to get downstairs and find it was just one of the regular neighborhood winos, a placable fellow whom I have escorted out before with no hard feelings. Victoria McKernan
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: a wine enthusiast or connoisseur
Perhaps your recipient is a wino but you don't have the budget for a subscription or would prefer the gesture of physically giving them a gift. Louis Cheslaw
The perfect item for any wino who wants to take their tasting skills to the next level.Wine Enthusiast
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebDuring a 1968 vote-fraud investigation with the Chicago Daily News, Recktenwald went undercover as a Skid Row wino and registered to vote at a succession of flophouses over several weeks. Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021 The business also hosts events, including wine tastings and wino bingo. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020 Street punks and winos from the Mission began to show up. Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019 Tyrion Lannister: Remember when Tyrion was a womanizing wino? Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 30 July 2017 Even his midlife crises like About Schmidt and Sideways were filled with cranks, winos and idiot savants. Scott Thill, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2010