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“That’s true, Phil, there was a touch of sense there, if not sarcasm,” said the widow heartily, for she was an abhorrer of strong drink!

From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"Whig" was the name given to the extreme Covenanters of the west of Scotland, and in applying it to the members of the Country party the "abhorrer" meant to stigmatize them as rebels and fanatics.

From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard

She turned out one of the malignant party, and an abhorrer of the Commonwealth’s men.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by Hume, David

Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now become their tool.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various