wine-bibber

Example Sentences

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I wonder whether I have succeeded in making that wine-bibber go to bed supperless?

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick

True, the Bacchante is in fact Diana herself; but of this Endymion knows nothing at all, and he deliberately—or rather with fatuous precipitancy—gives up the glorious goddess for the sentimental and beguiling wine-bibber.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

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 Kingsley, Charles

"Are you proposing to become a wine-bibber in your enthusiasm?" asked John.

From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Some of them said He was a glutton and a wine-bibber, others that He had a devil, others, again, that He was the friend of publicans and sinners.

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)