drinking
/ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/ adjective A1- Suitable to drink. · drinking water
- Used to drink. · a drinking glass
- Addicted to alcohol. · Are they a drinking person?
- Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess. · drinking companions
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de Monte Cristo is almost an Oriental, and it is customary with the Orientals to secure full liberty for revenge by not eating or drinking in the houses of their enemies.”
The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.
The rustic, ignorant of his danger, was about to drink, when the Eagle struck his hand with his wing, and, seizing the drinking horn in his talons, carried it aloft.
Not being able to reach them, they agreed to drink up the river, but it happened that they burst themselves with drinking long before they reached the hides.
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