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
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 Compton MacKenzie
I dreamed I saw three demi-gods who in a cafe sat, And one was small and crapulous, and one was large and fat; And one was eaten up with vice and verminous at that.
From Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
As it passed through he straightened himself and put up his hand in a crapulous salute.
From The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
Among these was the Charivari, which incontinently laughed at the whole system of the establishment, from the crapulous, corpulent, and Voltairien Etienne, down to the lowest printer's devil.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
