water-drinker

Example Sentences

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A water-drinker in India is always a phenomenon, but a water-drinker who did the thing so artistically was such a manifestation as I had never seen.

From Mr. Isaacs by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

They called him the "American water-drinker," but there came a day when he performed a feat that became the admiration of the young London printers.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop

The man said this with a sneer, for he knew that the captain had taken nothing since he entered the house, and was aware, moreover, that he was a water-drinker.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Wine of every kind, for instance, was largely sent to one who was a confirmed water-drinker, and who, except when obliged by the impure state of the water, never ventured to taste wine.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

"That is, become a water-drinker, you mean, Ben?"

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)