toper (noun)

1. The toper sat alone at the bar, drowning his heartache in a glass of whiskey.

2. The toper stumbled through the pages of the comic book, laughing insanely at the drunken antics of the characters.

3. During the Prohibition era in the 1920s, there were secret speakeasies where topers would gather to illegally consume alcoholic beverages.

4. In the anime series, the protagonist is often portrayed as a toper who finds solace in the bottom of a sake bottle.