inebriate

• From one of the journals of my native State I clip the concluding extract Luther Benson, the gifted inebriate orator, is still struggling against the demon of strong drink. —  Fifteen Years in Hell
• On remounting their steeds they commenced with a race, and not unfrequently an inebriate or unskilful horseman or woman was put HORS DE COMBAT. —  The Life of Charlotte Bronte Vol. 1
• That it did not inebriate was equally clear, for the talk of the party was frequently grave as well as gay It was especially grave when, towards the end of the evening, McLeod senior, in answer to some allusion of his guest as to the beauties of Partridge Bay, became confidential, and told how he had once dwelt in that settlement for many years, in a happy home which he had specially built for himself, or rather, as he said, with a kindly glance at his pretty daughter, which he had built specially for his wife and child. —  Wrecked but not Ruined
• This done he stuck his nose close to his captive's mouth and bade him breathe You haven't the bouquet of an inebriate, son. —  Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
• The chronic inebriate, the confirmed criminal, the prostitute, the pauper, all deserve careful study by the eugenist. —  Applied Eugenics

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