toper
Example Sentences
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His drinks column for the Observer's food magazine was an engaging confection of wit, doom and fantasy, as it would be from a such a seasoned toper.
From The Guardian
Meanwhile, Labour is trying to paint the prime minister as a crazed video-game addicted toper who "rants at the dispatch box", as the shadow leader of the house, Angela Eagle, put it on Thursday.
From The Guardian
The habitually temperate man, when he does casually exceed, shows his condition very promptly; the habitual toper can dissemble it far longer.
From Project Gutenberg
Barely had Merry started to question the old toper when Hodge, Ready, and Gallup appeared, hurrying forward.
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps the old toper had been lifting his head in a final bumper when he fell backward down the stairs and broke his neck.
From Project Gutenberg
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