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Meanings of hard drinker in English

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Usage of hard drinker in English
1
I am positive, from his features, that he was a hard drinker.
Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
2
Toppmöller, 50, is not a hard drinker on a daily basis.
The Guardian
3
Only it has become a convention that the Scot is a hard drinker.
A Dominie in Doubt
4
He is a terribly fat fellow and evidently a hard drinker.
The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall
5
I am not a hard drinker, Pastor, indeed I am not.
Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.
6
I was not aware that he was a hard drinker.
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
7
He is a loafer, a hard drinker, and a sponge.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
8
Pierre knew that Makár Alexéevich was Joseph Bazdéev's half-insane brother and a hard drinker.
War and Peace
9
That censor and reprover of others, Cato, was reproached that he was a hard drinker:
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 09
10
Pardner, you must have been a hard drinker yourself.
David Lockwin—The People's Idol
11
He was a hard drinker and they didn't tell them about it at the hotel.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
12
Ye see he's been a hard drinker, has M'Alister, and I expect he's breaking up.
Tales from Many Sources, Vol. V
13
Sergeant Fugler, the best marksman in the Company, was a hard drinker, with a hobnailed liver.
Wandering Heath
14
Orsino was no more a born gambler than he was disposed to be a hard drinker.
Don Orsino
15
He was known to be a hard drinker.
The Heart of Unaga
16
You know Uncle Lewis was a hard drinker, but he never seemed to show it much.
The Silent Bullet
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United Kingdom
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