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Teetotalism

noun
1.
Abstaining from alcohol.  Synonym: teetotaling.





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"Teetotalism" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the writer has no toleration for cant of any description. Some cants are not dangerous; but the writer believes that a more dangerous cant than the temperance cant, or as it is generally called, teetotalism, is scarcely to be found. The writer is willing to believe that it originated with well meaning, though weak people; but there can be no doubt that it was quickly turned to account by people who were neither well meaning nor weak. Let the reader note particularly the purpose ...
— The Romany Rye • George Borrow
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... England are quite fanatically fond of washing; and are often enthusiastic for teetotalism. I cannot therefore comprehend why it is that they exhibit a mysterious dislike of rain. Rain, that inspiring and delightful thing, surely combines the qualities of these two ideals with quite a curious ...
— A Miscellany of Men • G. K. Chesterton
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Words linked to "Teetotalism" :   teetotalist, abstinence, teetotaling


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