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a
: one that drinks
b
: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree
a heavy drinker
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Examples of drinker in a Sentence
I'm not much of a drinker.
Most of his friends are drinkers.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Like me, my high school friend was never a heavy drinker.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
But households with multiple coffee drinkers likely need something larger that brews a full pot, like the Cuisinart 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Starbucks has a China problem: coffee and tea drinkers who want more for less.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Like me, my high school friend was never a heavy drinker.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
But households with multiple coffee drinkers likely need something larger that brews a full pot, like the Cuisinart 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinker. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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