1.
~ combines with ‘drink’ and with the names of alcoholic drinks to form adjectives which describe someone who has drunk too much alcohol and is in a bad state as a result.
He portrays a whisky~ Catholic priest.
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2.
~ combines with words such as ‘rain’ to form adjectives which describe someone or something that has become extremely wet as a result of the thing that is mentioned.
The porter put our scruffy rain~ luggage on a trolley.
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