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a
: one that drinks
b
: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree
a heavy drinker
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Examples of drinker in a Sentence
I'm not much of a drinker.
Most of his friends are drinkers.
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In London, that transformation was evident in the many historical pubs that began putting food first (even if some locals grumbled about drinkers being elbowed out).
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Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024
Floyd Brown, a 67-year-old wizened, devout drinker, said old-timers always avoided certain areas for fear of an apelike beast.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Most whiskey drinkers are familiar with Booker’s, the barrel-proof expression that anchor’s the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
Its customer base ranged from judges, lawyers, stockbrokers and business people enjoying a quick lunch, to off-duty strippers, cabdrivers, cops, newspaper workers, drinkers and other denizens of the night who stopped in for a sausage before calling it a day and heading home.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
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Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024
Floyd Brown, a 67-year-old wizened, devout drinker, said old-timers always avoided certain areas for fear of an apelike beast.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Most whiskey drinkers are familiar with Booker’s, the barrel-proof expression that anchor’s the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
Its customer base ranged from judges, lawyers, stockbrokers and business people enjoying a quick lunch, to off-duty strippers, cabdrivers, cops, newspaper workers, drinkers and other denizens of the night who stopped in for a sausage before calling it a day and heading home.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinker. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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