wine-bibber
Example Sentences
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"Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber; a friend of publicans and sinners."
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Not in the least; she did that kind of thing at the family table; besides, his worst enemy could not have called him a wine-bibber.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
Xenophon the wine-bibber dedicates an empty jar to thee, Bacchus; receive it graciously, for it is all he has.
From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
Men will even call Jesus himself a wine-bibber.
From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George
Prince Hal said of the jolly wine-bibber, Jack, that “he could have better spared a better man!”
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
