wine-bibber
Example Sentences
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"Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber; a friend of publicans and sinners."
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Charity, unknown on earth before the coming of the Son of man, who was content to be called gluttonous and a wine-bibber, because he was the friend of publicans and sinners!
From The Good News of God by Kingsley, Charles
"John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he hath a devil; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and a wine-bibber, &c."
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan
The Son of Man Eating and drinking cometh, and ye say: Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber; Behold a friend of publicans and sinners!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
“I have; but I deeply regret that your Majesty thinks it fitting to be intimate with such a free-liver, such a glutton and wine-bibber and mocker and buffoon.”
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
