roysterer

Example Sentences

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Mr. Kettridge, his eyes big with unconcealed wonder as he looked at the odd coin, was eager to accost Harry King at once and demand to know whence the roysterer had obtained it.

From The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story by Steele, Chester K.

You are a roysterer, a jovial companion; you mean no harm - you are nobody's enemy but your own.

From Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson by Henley, William Ernest

He did not possess even enough spirit to play the role of roysterer to the end.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

He described the vices of his master and the sins of the servants in a slang which would sit more gracefully upon an idle roysterer than upon a pious Abb�.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles

Bed," cried the roysterer; "no bed for me this night!

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John