Her life takes on a downward spiral from that point, as she graduates from being a hard-drinking murderess to the proprietress of a bordello.
thenationonlineng.net The traditional image of the hussar is of a reckless, hard-drinking, hard-swearing, womanising, moustachioed, swashbuckler.
en.wikipedia.org Plainspoken poetry set in the streets and bars, peopled by shady characters -- including his hard-drinking, big-hearted, angry, gambling, womanizing self.
www.latimes.com He was indolent and without sense of dignity, and indulged fully in the hard-drinking that was a characteristic of the period.
en.wikipedia.org He is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking executive with a shadowy past who has achieved success in advertising.
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