roysterer

Example Sentences

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I had been a false friend, a vain, self-righteous puppy, a weak, discreditable roysterer, without the courage to utter one protest on the side of chivalry and right.

From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

For despite his sour visage and ungracious ways there was not a roysterer in the Royal army to whom he was not dear.

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael

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

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

It is the hour of the jolly roysterer, male and female.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

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

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold