wine-bibber
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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
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, ‘Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.’
From The Gospel of the Pentateuch by Charles Kingsley
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 J. W. (John William) Mackail
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 Bartholomew Sastrow
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
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