wine-bibber
Example Sentences
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Men will even call Jesus himself a wine-bibber.
From Miracles of Our Lord by George MacDonald
Remember your Lord, he was familiar with publicans and sinners to a proverb; "Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners;" Matt. xi.
From The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men by John Bunyan
And the beginning of Flush of Gold is the old French wine-bibber, for he was the father of Marie Chauvet, and Marie Chauvet was the Flush of Gold.
From Lost Face by Jack London
Very good wine," said Father Brown, gravely lifting his glass, "but, as you see, a very bad wine-bibber.
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Charity, unknown on earth before the coming of the Son of man, who was content to be called gluttonous and a wine-bibber, because he was the friend of publicans and sinners!
From The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley
