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Definition of Teetotalers
1. teetotaler [n] - See also: teetotaler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teetotalers
Literary usage of Teetotalers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"... whose friends had, with one consent, turned teetotalers," and likened his
position to that "of a hand-loom weaver when the new machinery was introduced. ..."
2. John Bull & Co.: The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia by Max O'Rell (1894)
"... the Audience a Lecture on Waterloo—A Jolly Fellow—Pater Fam- ilias on the
Spree—An Ingenious Drunkard—Great Feats —Taverns and Teetotalers—Why there are ..."
3. Ten Years in the United States: Being an Englishman's View of Men and Things by David W. Mitchell (1862)
"... of Climate on White Men—Victuals—Cookery—Lager Beer—Hint to Teetotalers—How
to Travel—Social Amusements—" Jogging Along "— Complexion—The Church. ..."
4. Smoking and Drinking by James Parton (1868)
"alcohol than of any other chemical fluid, — if there is any approach to certainty
respecting it, — we owe it chiefly to the teetotalers, because it is they ..."
5. The Island of Nantucket: What it was and what it is : Being a Complete Index by Edward K. Godfrey (1882)
"... the second, the teetotalers, who smiled when the moderator announced, Yes,
106, No, 196! and the " woman's-righters," who were perfectly convulsed with ..."
6. The Proceedings of the World's Temperance Convention: Held in London, August by Thomas Beggs (1846)
"Pledged teetotalers, 150000. The custom of making intoxicating drinks the medium
of expressing courtesy, has, to a great extent, been abolished, ..."
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