Definition of Teetotaling

1. Noun. Abstaining from alcohol.

Exact synonyms: Teetotalism
Generic synonyms: Abstinence
Derivative terms: Teetotalist

Definition of Teetotaling

1. Adjective. Abstaining from alcohol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teetotaling

1. teetotal [v] - See also: teetotal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teetotaling

teethes
teething
teething ring
teething rings
teething troubles
teethings
teethless
teethlike
teethly
teethridge
teethridges
teetotal
teetotaled
teetotaler
teetotalers
teetotaling (current term)
teetotalism
teetotalisms
teetotalist
teetotalists
teetotalled
teetotaller
teetotallers
teetotalling
teetotally
teetotals
teetotum
teetotums
teets
teev

Literary usage of Teetotaling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"... differences M drinking," "white man's drinking," and "teetotaling," respectively. These terms were used indigenously by the urban sample in Los Angeles. ..."

2. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"In the eyes of teetotaling Protestants, especially Methodists and Presbyterians with the emotion stifling stoicism expected of them, drinking was a scourge ..."

3. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"In the eyes of teetotaling Protestants, especially Methodists and Presbyterians with the emotion stifling stoicism expected of them, drinking was a scourge ..."

4. A Book of Prefaces by Henry Louis Mencken (1917)
"Chiefly it is sounded by one who longs for the Pilsen Urquell in a far land, and among a barbarous and teetotaling people, and in an atmosphere as hostile ..."

5. A Book of Prefaces by Henry Louis Mencken (1917)
"... and among a barbarous and teetotaling people, and in an atmosphere as hostile to the recreations of the palate as it is to the recreations of the ..."

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