roisterer

Example Sentences

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He is every flabby inch the ramshackle roisterer, who announces the keynote of his unbuttoned, spilling-over performance in his spluttering rejection of the notion that he "confine" himself.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2011

Parsons, a solid newsman and no roisterer, tried to put a new polish on the old formula by adding such features as David Low's cartoons and increasing the coverage of international news.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many suffered from "his scheming tricks ... his dirty dealing and underhand passing of coin, all the shabby pretense in the double-faced glutton and roisterer."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a dire project was under way to introduce into this quiet Eden a prodigious roisterer, a mighty brawler, a veritable Serpent-Man.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yet I cannot very well," replied the ex-monk, "wear a blue coat, like a roisterer at a dance!"

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie