crapulous

Example Sentences

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In those crapulous times, 50 years ago, he was no nicer than others, and far more energetic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fat, untidy and crapulous, �vejk is a natural disaster as a soldier.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gentleman in question, a battered and crapulous cab-tout, presented himself for inspection, and one of the policemen offered to accompany him and impress the reported keeper with the urgency of the situation.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

If it were not for this baldness, and a kind of crapulous air I can’t disguise from myself—if it weren’t for this and that and t’other thing—I—I’ve forgot what I was saying.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis

As it passed through he straightened himself and put up his hand in a crapulous salute.

From The Tree of Heaven by Sinclair, May