roysterer
Example Sentences
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"Anybody is liable to get that way, my jolly old roysterer," he said.
From Bones in London by Wallace, Edgar
Thomas Morton of Mare-Mount, that amusing old debauchee and roysterer, was sentenced to be “clapt into the bilbowes.”
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
He did not possess even enough spirit to play the role of roysterer to the end.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
Every inhabitant of Nyons was secretly proud of being able to claim so dare-devil a roysterer as a fellow-townsman.
From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
Richard hastened to make himself known to this turbulent roysterer, who straightway forgot his grievance to take Westmacott affectionately by the hand and overwhelm him with apologies.
From Mistress Wilding by Sabatini, Rafael
