water-drinker

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And Pythermus, in his account of the tyrants of Piræus, mentions Glaucon as having been a water-drinker.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

The strength, health, tact, and enterprise of the "water-drinker" convinced them that he was right.

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

M—— sent to his friend L——, who is no water-drinker, a two-penny tract 'Against the Use of Fermented Liquors.'

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

You know I am a water-drinker; give me only the pure limpid stream, and a child may lead me.

From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick

We had an exquisite from St Mary Hall, a pea-coated Brazenose boatman, a philosophical water-drinker and union-debater from Balliol, and a two bottle man from Christ Church.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various