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’.
1938		J. O’Hara Hope of Heaven 100: ‘I don’t think she likes me,’ I said. [...] ‘She’s a little drunkie,’ said Miller.
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.