wallower
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Origin of wallower
Example Sentences
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It must not be therefore supposed that Athos is a sot, a wallower in wine, or a haunter of tavern orgies.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
Among the idlers of Aix, whom in his loftiness he despised, he was but the fiddling mountebank to whom any greasy wallower in riches could cast a disdainful franc.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
It's easy to see," said Mrs. Pig, "that you're a born wallower.
From The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales by Smith, Harry L.
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