Definition of Absteiner
Ab*stain"er (&?;), n. One who abstains;
esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying
himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from
everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the
affairs of others.
Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought
You a total abstainer, my son."
"So I am, so I am," said the scapegrace caught --
"But not, sir, a bigoted one."
G.J.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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