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Word: hoister (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...sheet when he went to William Allen White, swore to work hard, not get tight. Pressing grindstone to his nose, he wrote a batch of rhyming prose. Walt Mason's doggerel, couched in slang, hit the syndicates with a bang; rich, respected, worth his salt grew reformed Booze-hoister Walt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Milestone: Jul. 3, 1939 | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

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