Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) drunken; esp. with a name, e.g. drunkie John.

1852		Morn. Post 6 Dec. 4/5: Those who ‘drinkie for drunkie’.
1878		Sunderland Dly Echo 2 Jan. 4/2: The prisoner was rather ‘drunkie’.
1894		Dundee Courier 3 Apr. 7/3: Andrea had been selling ‘hokey-pokey’ [...] and stimulating his energies with wee drops of whisky. By the time the labours of the day were over he was ‘drunkie drunkie’.
1949		N. Algren Man with the Golden Arm 29: Antek [...] blocked Drunkie John from following her into the street.
1949		R. Chandler Little Sister 26: Must be I’m drunky.
1955		F. Brookhouser Now I Lay Me Down 50: Getting a little drunky tonight.
1965		J.P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono 195: ‘Drunkie’ Lewin’s few words, no bull, no big-time ‘Rah-Rah’ pep talk.
c.1973		J. Thompson ‘Sunrise at Midnight’ in Fireworks (1988) 162: Charming but just a wee bit drunky.