teetotaler
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My New Year’s resolution is to do something similar: I plan to become a social-media teetotaler in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
The bartender reached for the whiskey, but the cowboy shook his head; either he was a teetotaler — rare in those parts — or he was a little saggy in the saddlebags, digestively speaking.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Still, the famous teetotaler who happens to own a winery shouldn’t be toasting to his victory just yet.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2022
Emmanuel Macron, three weeks from turning 45, raised a slender crystal Baccarat flute of California brut rosé to President Biden, freshly 80, whose vessel reportedly contained the divine elixir of the teetotaler: ginger ale.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
A teetotaler himself, he made his living buying and selling liquor.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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