water-drinker

Example Sentences

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You know I am a water-drinker; give me only the pure limpid stream, and a child may lead me.

From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick

I am a rather expensive man to sit beside, and to one like you especially so, for you seem to be a water-drinker.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

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

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

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)

M—— sent to his friend L——, who is no water-drinker, a two-penny tract 'Against the Use of Fermented Liquors.'

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various