wine-bibber

Example Sentences

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I have heard that he is a glutton and a wine-bibber.

From Mary Magdalen by Saltus, Edgar

She had never represented any of her saints as a wine-bibber, a gross beef-eater, or a narrow-headed, crafty, cringing creature.

From Half a Century by Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon

Remember your Lord, he was familiar with publicans and sinners to a proverb; "Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners;" Matt. xi.

From The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men by Bunyan, John

The bigot, the deb-         auchee, the hypocrite, called Jesus a glutton         and a wine-bibber.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, ‘Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.’

From The Gospel of the Pentateuch by Kingsley, Charles