wine-bibber

Example Sentences

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“I have; but I deeply regret that your Majesty thinks it fitting to be intimate with such a free-liver, such a glutton and wine-bibber and mocker and buffoon.”

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

Boswell was a wine-bibber, but Johnson confessed to being "a hardened and shameless tea drinker."

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

She had never represented any of her saints as a wine-bibber, a gross beef-eater, or a narrow-headed, crafty, cringing creature.

From Half a Century by Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon

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 London, Jack

The bigot, the deb-         auchee, the hypocrite, called Jesus a glutton         and a wine-bibber.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker