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Meanings of teetotal in English

Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; I happen to be teetotal"

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Usage of teetotal in English
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Even teetotal travellers to Poland are likely to stumble across Zubrowka vodka.
The Guardian
2
Brought up in a teetotal household, Elliott started drinking as a teenager.
The Irish Times
3
Watson is teetotal, otherwise one presumes he may have raised a glass.
The Guardian
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I've been on his teetotal hooker four days now, and I'm perishing.
Adventure
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Presumably this would include any reluctant teenagers who might prefer to remain teetotal.
The Irish Times
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It is not great being teetotal as there is champagne everywhere.
The Guardian
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If he wasn't teetotal, I feel sure he would be uncorking the champagne.
Radio NZ
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To crown all, the feast was conducted on strictly teetotal principles.
The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double R...
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Now, I am not aware that teetotal apostles keep watch on your frontiers.
Freeland: A Social Anticipation
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That is a little more sensible than your perpetual total-abstinence, teetotal, cold-water system.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
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Perhaps some of the people who say they are teetotal are just lying.
Bad science
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The Chesterton family had not a Puritan tradition in the sense of being teetotal.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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It would be just our luck to get completely twisted in this teetotal darkness.
Young Hunters of the Lake; or, Out with Rod and Gun
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It's not quite as if Guinness turned teetotal, but it is a monumental step.
The Irish Times
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It is a moral-suasion temperance society on the teetotal basis.
Woman and the Republic / A Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement...
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He along with most of the other men at the convention, is now teetotal.
BBC
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