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Definition of Abstainers
1. abstainer [n] - See also: abstainer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstainers
Literary usage of Abstainers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1915)
"Mr. Phelps had given an enormous amount of research and study to the question of
the comparative longevity of abstainers and moderate drinkers. ..."
2. Alcohol; Its Relation to Human Efficiency and Longevity by Eugene Lyman Fisk (1917)
"Mutual's abstaining group also shows that total abstainers are drawn from every
... THE PROPORTION OF abstainers There is a widespread impression that total ..."
3. Therapeutic Gazette (1904)
"It was the same with the other abstainers, but all who adhered ... found far more
virulent and fatal in non-abstainers than in abstainers are ..."
4. A Text-book of True Temperance by Michael Monahan (1909)
"Drinkers and abstainers. We have no trustworthy data as to the proportion of
total abstainers, occasional drinkers, regular moderate drinkers, ..."
5. The Foundation of death: A Study of the Drink-question by Axel Gustafson (1885)
"... longevity of drink'-™ and abstainers, as furnished by the United Kingdom ...
and only seven of them on the lives of abstainers, whereas to be equal with ..."
6. Occident, with Preludes on Current Events by Joseph Cook (1884)
"... exactly the facts as to the experience of British life assurance societies in
making a distinction between moderate drinkers and total abstainers. ..."
7. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute, Australian Insurance Institute (1906)
"In all these columns the lower mortality of the abstainers is very ... Each of
these modes of inquiry shows the great superiority of the abstainers' lives. ..."
8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"(h> thf, Comparative Mortality of abstainers and Kan-Abstainer.* from Alcoholic
Liquors. ... abstainers ..."
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