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Meanings of poor drunkard in English

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Usage of poor drunkard in English
1
The poor drunkard was found in a perfectly helpless condition, upon the chilly ground.
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
2
The poor drunkard wants to head more to the east.
The Ivory Trail
3
What should he do with this poor drunkard?
Three People
4
You have no gladness in this world, and in the next you will burn in hell, poor drunkard!
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
5
I was arrested in Bayonne, N. J., the summer of 1903, because I was talking to a poor drunkard.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
6
A hurried walk brought her to the wretched home of the poor drunkard, whose wife met her at the door.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
7
The noise roused even the poor drunkard in the chair, who, lifting up his head, stared about him with vacant eyes.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
8
This was the man to whom the poor drunkard pointed his pipe and sneeringly invited Horace Jackson to try and do him good.
Working in the Shade / Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping
9
By his side was a poor drunkard, supporting the pale form of his sick wife, while their starving children stood weeping before them-
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
10
He had dunned the poor drunkard for the money until he got tired of so profitless a business, and gave up the account for lost.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
11
She recalled the strong noble face and figure of her dear father and asked God to give her a reply to the poor drunkard's question.
Paula the Waldensian
12
'I'd hate to be put in a stall like the poor drunkards.'
Peggy-Alone
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