water-drinker
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Chesterfield, another of the contributors to The World, inserted in it a short character of him under the name of Cantabrigiensis, introduced by an encomium on his temperance; for he was a water-drinker.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
A water-drinker in India is always a phenomenon, but a water-drinker who did the thing so artistically was such a manifestation as I had never seen.
From Mr. Isaacs by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
A pretty theme for an old water-drinker who had never tasted wine!
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
They called him the "American water-drinker," but there came a day when he performed a feat that became the admiration of the young London printers.
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop
The man said this with a sneer, for he knew that the captain had taken nothing since he entered the house, and was aware, moreover, that he was a water-drinker.
From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
