wine-bibber
Example Sentences
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Not in the least; she did that kind of thing at the family table; besides, his worst enemy could not have called him a wine-bibber.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
Men will even call Jesus himself a wine-bibber.
From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George
"Are you proposing to become a wine-bibber in your enthusiasm?" asked John.
From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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)
True, the Bacchante is in fact Diana herself; but of this Endymion knows nothing at all, and he deliberately—or rather with fatuous precipitancy—gives up the glorious goddess for the sentimental and beguiling wine-bibber.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
