subs. (colloquial).—An abbreviation of ‘drunk and disorderly.’
1883. Daily Telegraph, 26 March, p. 2, col. 8. Of the twenty-nine night charges, by far the greater number were of DRUNKS.
1884. W. D. HOWELLS, The Lady of Aroostook ch. xvii. If you could see how my mother looks when I come out of one of my DRUNKS.
1890. Globe, 26 Feb., p. 1, col. 4. ‘A Short Way with DRUNKS.’ At Buenos Ayres it is customary to punish drunkards,… by setting them to sweep the public streets for eight days or so.
