roysterer
Example Sentences
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Winifred, who had stepped into the gutter to avoid the roysterer with the cane, turned as a stalwart, blue-coated figure moved towards her.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Harold Bindloss
"Anybody is liable to get that way, my jolly old roysterer," he said.
From Bones in London by Edgar Wallace
I had been a false friend, a vain, self-righteous puppy, a weak, discreditable roysterer, without the courage to utter one protest on the side of chivalry and right.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
She was kept very busy, and, though once or twice a tipsy roysterer ventured on some rough pleasantry, I noticed with returning satisfaction that most of the big, bearded miners treated her with chivalrous respect.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
He released Cleveland from prison in a very handsome manner, considering what hard things the witty roysterer had written about “O.P.” and his “copper nose.”
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson
