drinker
[dring-ker]
Origin of drinker
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Contemporary Examples
However, after completing their nomination, the drinker then challenges friends to do the same thing.
His daddy was a drinker, not much for raising kids, so Johnny was farmed off to an uncle, Joe France, the toughest rancher around.
Janzen was a drinker who avoided church and had chosen not to have kids.
Historical Examples
There was a great gurgling and sucking in the darkness, followed by a gasp from the drinker.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
Boche told of a carpenter he had known who had been a drinker of absinthe.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
I dare say he is like his name—one of your father's cronies—a drinker and a swearer.
The Carpenter's DaughterAnna Bartlett Warner
He was not a drinker at home, but in his discontent and disappointment he was tempted.
The Young MinerHoratio Alger, Jr.
Very well, the lawyer will taste the wine, but I am no drinker.
Debts of HonorMaurus Jkai
drinker
- a person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually
- short for drinker moth
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Word Origin and History for drinker
n.
Old English drincere, agent noun from drink (v.). Specifically of consumers of alcoholic beverages from c.1200.
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