wine-bibber
Example Sentences
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If Jesus had not come eating and drinking, He could not have been called gluttonous and a wine-bibber.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander
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
Men will even call Jesus himself a wine-bibber.
From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George
Very good wine," said Father Brown, gravely lifting his glass, "but, as you see, a very bad wine-bibber.
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
And the beginning of Flush of Gold is the old French wine-bibber, for he was the father of Marie Chauvet, and Marie Chauvet was the Flush of Gold.
From Lost Face by London, Jack
