social drinker
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- social drinking noun
Etymology
Origin of social drinker
First recorded in 1845–50
Example Sentences
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"But I'm not much of a social drinker anyway," she said.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Like me, Emma was a social drinker, with a successful career and vibrant social life.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
He told me he was a social drinker and was just taking a break from alcohol for health and fitness reasons.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2021
John Dunne was a gregarious man, a social drinker and a raconteur, and he and Didion worked up a sort of Penn and Teller routine.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2015
A church-going Catholic, O'Neill is a moderate social drinker who plays golf for recreation, contentedly shooting in the upper 90s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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