Booze : v.tr. arg. (word coming from bottle).
Drink (wine, alcohol).
In the figurative sense: having been fed (fed) with classics of literature, theater,...
Two quotes from the American writer John Fante (1909-1983) from the novel Ask the dust (1939)
– “I knew very well that the gin which imbibed him cost him at least thirty cents a pint. So he could control himself and stop drinking just long enough to repay an honorable debt.”
– “I had another beer and then another. He gave me the fourth as a gift and I paid for the next round. An hour like that we bottle-fed. ".