water-drinker

Example Sentences

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Gentlemen, you are aware that our honored guest is a water-drinker.

From Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography by Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard

We had an exquisite from St Mary Hall, a pea-coated Brazenose boatman, a philosophical water-drinker and union-debater from Balliol, and a two bottle man from Christ Church.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

What," said the old dame, as she handed it to her, "ye are a water-drinker, are ye?

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

He glanced at the thin and rather bloodless face, and at the high cheekbones of the water-drinker as he spoke.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

A pretty theme for an old water-drinker who had never tasted wine!

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert