Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

christmas drinker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: christ-mas -drinker
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who only drinks alcohol very occasionally:

British usage

noun

Someone who only drinks alcohol very occasionally:

British usage

Example Sentences

"Even though she was just a Christmas drinker, a birthday drinker, a genteel port-and-lemonade drinker, she gave up alcohol altogether after the accident."
"A drinks table, but our girl was no drinker. A couple of thimbles had been taken out of the whisky, the gin and the sherry. She was what I'd call a Christmas drinker. I'm not. So I poured myself a whisky."
"He’s mainly a Christmas drinker. He does it maybe half a dozen times a year."
"“Ninety-eight per cent of those who have contacted me have got the joke,” he said. “The other 2 per cent are Christmas drinkers.”"

Etymology

Suggests that the person only drinks alcohol at or around Christmas.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Christmas drinkers (plural)

Questions

What does christmas drinker mean?: Someone who only drinks alcohol very occasionally:
Where does christmas drinker come from?: Suggests that the person only drinks alcohol at or around Christmas.

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