roysterer

Example Sentences

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He described the vices of his master and the sins of the servants in a slang which would sit more gracefully upon an idle roysterer than upon a pious Abb�.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles

As soon as this roysterer was fairly out of the way the adventurers looked about them to get their bearings.

From Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Hodgson, Edward S.

Every inhabitant of Nyons was secretly proud of being able to claim so dare-devil a roysterer as a fellow-townsman.

From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord

The leading roysterer stumbled, fell in a wry heap, and lay still.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

"Yet it is true that he is far from perfect,—a subtle rascal, who dons disguises, and masquerades as other than he is, a leader of night-birds, and sometimes a turbulent roysterer."

From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson