toper

Example Sentences

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The effect of this is often as funny as would be expected; yet, oft and again, some latter-day toper could be heard to gulp and sob, with regret that was not unmixed with remorse.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the pompous rectitude of a veteran toper newly pledged and white-ribboned, the Senate passed the bill, sent it to the House.

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From Poughkeepsie, Al Ulbrickson and Rusty Many an expansive toper, eager to visit a sick, old, or girl friend, has hired a taxi for an inter-city journey.

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The Stranger was a great yarner and a great toper but he was also a tremendous worker and he more than earned his keep.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Any one would think you were a reformed toper, to hear you talk," he said, with a trace of a sneer.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.