If you describe someone as, for example, an ~ liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it.
...an ~ gambler.
ADJ: ADJ n
If you describe someone as, for example, an ~ liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it.
...an ~ gambler.
ADJ: ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012