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Christmas drinkers

Christmas drinkers is the plural of Christmas drinker.

Meaning of Christmas drinker

Noun

Christmas drinker (plural Christmas drinkers)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A near-teetotaller; someone who drinks very small quantities of alcohol.
    • 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.1991, Robert Drewe, The Bay of Contented Men
  2. (Ireland, UK) Someone who binges at Christmas, but rarely or never visits pubs at other times of 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.”2014 December 18, Patrick Kidd, “The pub guide for Christmas drinkers”, in The Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2026

Questions about Christmas drinkers

What is Christmas drinkers the plural of?
Christmas drinkers is the plural of Christmas drinker.

Words near Christmas drinkers in the dictionary

  1. Christmas Days
  2. Christmas dinner
  3. Christmas dinners
  4. Christmas disease
  5. Christmas drinker
  6. Christmas drinkers
  7. Christmas elf
  8. Christmas elves
  9. Christmas Eve
  10. Christmas Eve box
  11. Christmas Eve boxes

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