hard-drinking

Largely in response to the great waves of hard-drinking Irish immigrants, the American temperance movement grew exponentially in the 1840s and 1850s.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Several scholars have noted that in country lyrics—even in the “outlaw” country movement that projected images of wayward, hard-drinking, womanizing “cowboys”—“satisfactory male-female relations are equated with good marriage.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

- Eye-crossing, mind-boggling numbers of art-loving, hard-drinking people and arts events pack the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every August.

Ellen Snortland: "Commencement": Changing the World One Perverted CEO At A Time Ellen Snortland 2011

I've been thrown out of FAO Scwartz for causing a ruckus while dressed as Doo-Doo, a hard-drinking Teletubby and I've been tossed from the Broadway sidewalk for performing my one-person musical "Rats."

Rev Jen: Why 'Elf Girl' is Extremely Important Rev Jen 2011

- Eye-crossing, mind-boggling numbers of art-loving, hard-drinking people and arts events pack the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every August.

Ellen Snortland: "Commencement": Changing the World One Perverted CEO At A Time Ellen Snortland 2011

In a poignant video, Mr. George's mother described the transformation of her son from a courteous young man into a hard-drinking, depressed and deeply disturbed veteran, who she feared would take his own life or someone else's.

A Transcendental Cure for Post-Traumatic Stress David Lynch 2011

His hard-drinking best friend Tim Riggins's unwavering conviction that his life is headed straight downhill after high school.

Five reasons why Friday Night Lights has earned its replay on Sky Atlantic 2012

I've been thrown out of FAO Scwartz for causing a ruckus while dressed as Doo-Doo, a hard-drinking Teletubby and I've been tossed from the Broadway sidewalk for performing my one-person musical "Rats."

Rev Jen: Why 'Elf Girl' is Extremely Important Rev Jen 2011

I decided to start down on Wall Street—a place where the cliché of the hard-drinking broker was even more powerful than that of the advertising executive.

In Praise of the One-Cabernet Lunch Lettie Teague 2011

While the journalistic head yearns toward a middle-class living, the respect of those in power, maybe a seat at the table and a small trophy or two, many a heart also thumped for the hard-drinking, bare-knuckled access to what Black condescendingly branded "the lumpenproletariat" readership of traditional tabs: Jimmy Breslin speaks truth to power.

Robert Teitelman: Murdoch, Britain and the Tabloid Mentality Robert Teitelman 2011