Synonyms for drinker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dring-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɪŋ kər |
Définition of drinker
Origin :- Old English drincere, agent noun from drink (v.). Specifically of consumers of alcoholic beverages from c.1200.
- noun tippler
- There was a great gurgling and sucking in the darkness, followed by a gasp from the drinker.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Boche told of a carpenter he had known who had been a drinker of absinthe.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- I dare say he is like his name—one of your father's cronies—a drinker and a swearer.
- Extract from : « The Carpenter's Daughter » by Anna Bartlett Warner
- He was not a drinker at home, but in his discontent and disappointment he was tempted.
- Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Very well, the lawyer will taste the wine, but I am no drinker.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- Here is one, told to illustrate the cleverness of a drinker.
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
- Its virtue depends, they say, on the drinker filling it himself; so you must learn to milk.
- Extract from : « Eight Cousins » by Louisa M. Alcott
- At home he was not a drinker and a rough; only amid the hardships and perils of the field.
- Extract from : « The Brigade Commander » by J. W. Deforest
- If "the pearl" broke and began to slide, the drinker was "sconced."
- Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron » by Lord Byron
- Now, it is known to all the countryside that Boyd Connoway is no drinker.
- Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
Antonyms for drinker
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