wine-bibber

Example Sentences

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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)

There is nothing in this text for the consolation of the wine-bibber.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

In Matthew, Jesus is depicted as a glutton and a wine-bibber.

From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar

"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

That he was a wine-bibber and good liver, gluttonously fond of whatever would yield him a little solacement, were it only of a stomachic character, is undeniable enough.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine