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Definition

teetotal / ' ti:'tǝƱtl/ adj ေသရည္ေသရက္ကို ေရွာင္ၾကဥ္ေသာ။ He's (strictly) teetotal. teetotalism n [U] ❏ teetotaller ( US also teetotaler ) /-tlǝ(r)/ n ေသရည္ ေသရက္ေရွာင္ၾကဥ္သူ။

Examples

1. ‘And I hadn't fully realised how odd I'd feel
2. an omnivore who likes a drink dropped into a city populated largely by teetotal vegetarians.’
3. ‘I'm nearly teetotal
4. I wake up at five every morning to feed the horses and I work all hours.’
5. ‘Thankfully
6. I'm quite happy to stay teetotal for the duration.’
7. ‘He never drank alcohol
8. and he had strong teetotal convictions.’
9. ‘I have lost a pound or two in weight - my boyfriend has lost half a stone - but I don't feel being teetotal has led to a major improvement in my health.’
10. ‘It really is hard to believe that he's teetotal.’
11. ‘He is married with two adopted children and is teetotal.’
12. ‘My diet is a lot better now and importantly
13. I'm virtually teetotal
14. which has really helped my fitness.’
15. ‘Gerry was teetotal
16. but we had a fantastic time.’
17. ‘The alcohol ban is a strain on my mum
18. she likes a bit of a drink
19. but my dad's teetotal.’
20. ‘Though the general fitness of players has improved during my 17 years in the game
21. teetotal footballers are still vastly outnumbered by those who do partake of an alcoholic refreshment.’
22. ‘In the West Midlands
23. 78% were willing to stop drinking
24. reduce their alcohol intake or were teetotal already compared to 66% in the capital.’
25. ‘‘I've been teetotal for seven years
26. and I'm never going back
27. ’ he says.’
28. ‘One of the country's leading experts on alcohol believes moderate drinking is healthier than being teetotal.’
29. ‘Martin said: ‘Andrew likes a drop or two
30. Dad enjoys the occasional taster
31. but the truth is that I am teetotal!’’
32. ‘Yes
33. he was an active participant on that evening but
34. while he was only too happy to dish out the vodka
35. he remained teetotal and disappeared to bed at a respectable hour so he was fit and able for practice the following morning.’
36. ‘In the 1830s
37. a third movement
38. the teetotal movement
39. emerged and radicalized temperance reform in two ways.’
40. ‘The Temperance Society
41. an organisation in which people pledged to be teetotal
42. was first established in 1832.’
43. ‘Mild-mannered
44. teetotal
45. often other-worldly
46. he was unswerving in his work for a party notable then for its lack of success.’
47. ‘Over the years I've known 3 sets of twins (not all identical) and in every case one of them drinks and one is teetotal because they don't like the taste of alcohol.’