Buck Badger is a drunkard." Fairfax Lee seemed astonished, and the frown on his face deepened.
"He is the worst type of drunkard.

Not a man who drinks steadily, but one of those who indulge now and then in crazy, drunken debauches.

For weeks, even months, he may not touch a drop of liquor.

Then he will go on a spree.

You can verify this, I am sure, by inquiries carefully made among the students.