A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, or Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking. A small, rough-skinned, widely distributed shark (Galeorhinus galeus) having an elongated conical snout
The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.