social drinker

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialanddrinker

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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drinker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdrɪŋ.kər/us
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofsocialanddrinkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would certainly be unfair to the averagesocialdrinkerof modest means.
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There are stages, from thesocialdrinkerto the vagrant alcoholic.
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The arguments against extra opening far outweigh any advantages to thesocialdrinker.
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He abstained from smoking and was only asocialdrinker.
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A long-timesocialdrinker, he began drinking heavily.
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First, there is the stage of the moderate, controlledsocialdrinkerlike most of us in the greater part of our country's population.
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Secondly, there is the stage of the heavysocialdrinkerwho, for a long time, notices no ill effects from his excessive intake of alcohol.
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This debate is quite rightly trying to do something about the victims of alcohol as well as trying to improve facilities for the occasional, legitimate, casualsocialdrinker.
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The second stage is the habitualsocialdrinker, who spends regular, if not most, evenings in pubs, clubs or some other place of a convivial character.
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If everyone was a responsiblesocialdrinkerthere would be no need for licensing laws at all; but the truth of the matter is that that is not our situation.
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