roysterer
Example Sentences
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Something supernal has the sound As verse by verse the strain proceeds, And stilly staring on the ground Each roysterer holds and heeds.
From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
Holmes said little more, but the picture of the old roysterer seemed to have a fascination for him, and his eyes were continually fixed upon it during supper.
From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
You are a roysterer, a jovial companion; you mean no harm—you are nobody’s enemy but your own.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Kettridge, his eyes big with unconcealed wonder as he looked at the odd coin, was eager to accost Harry King at once and demand to know whence the roysterer had obtained it.
From The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story by Chester K. Steele
Richard hastened to make himself known to this turbulent roysterer, who straightway forgot his grievance to take Westmacott affectionately by the hand and overwhelm him with apologies.
From Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
