moderate drinker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoderateanddrinker
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moderate
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ər.ət/us/ˈmɑː.dɚ.ət/
neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, ...
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drinker
noun[C]
uk/ˈdrɪŋ.kər/us/ˈdrɪŋ.kɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofmoderateanddrinkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Ah, but he was once amoderatedrinker!
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I am what is called amoderatedrinker.
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Certainly themoderatedrinkerdoes not want them.
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He says he was once amoderatedrinker.
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Themoderatedrinker, the goodnatured football supporter, the home-centred and the family-oriented, are less present than they might perhaps be.
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These ill-gotten gains are not got from themoderatedrinker, but from the drunkard.
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Of course, the revenue is paid not by the drunkard but by themoderatedrinker.
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The distressful tolerance extended to themoderatedrinkeron our roads is almost unbelievable.
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Themoderatedrinkershould not have to pay the penalty for them.
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I cannot pretend to be an expert in whisky, though amoderatedrinkerthereof myself.
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It prevents the frustrated tourist and themoderatedrinkerfrom obtaining and enjoying a drink after 3 pm.
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I speak from the point of view of themoderatedrinkerand of the moderate club-man.
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I take the attitude which has been termed "the sensible drinker"or"the reasonable drinker"or"themoderatedrinker".
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Contemporary reports indicate that he was amoderatedrinkerwho did not use drugs.
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There is evidence that the present restrictions on afternoon opening hours only cause irritation to the tourist and to themoderatedrinker.
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Our problem is, therefore, not that of themoderatedrinker, but of the man or woman who never knows when he or she has had enough.
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That means that everymoderatedrinkeris more liable to disease, he is more liable to die of disease, his convalescence is liable to be prolonged because of alcohol.
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