a-drinking

Grendel's head, whereas men were a-drinking in hall,

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

'You've been a-drinking, Christopher,' said Barbara's uncle plaintively.

Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray

"A-eating and a-drinking of a honest man's dinner, by the Lord!" says he, clenching fat fists.

Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915

And there I'll sit a-drinking with the landlord and his kin,

The Jolly Waggoner 1914

Is it a waste of time to stand a-drinking in the sweetness of the finest rose what blooms, Susan?

Six Plays Florence Henrietta Fisher Darwin 1892

Goddesses; there were the kings at their blood-offering, sitting a-drinking; a fire was there on the floor, and the wives of the kings sat thereby, a-warming the gods, while others anointed them, and wiped them with napkins.

The Story Of Frithiof The Bold 1875 Anonymous 1865

There fell Faustus and his company a-drinking and swilling, not of the worst, but of the best.

Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

'Has this man been a-drinking, sir?' inquired Blathers, turning to the doctor.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

"Has this man been a-drinking, sir?" inquired Blathers, turning to the doctor.

Oliver Twist 1838

That done and the day proving fair I went home and got all my goods packed up and sent away, and my wife and I and Mrs. Hunt went by coach, overtaking the carts a-drinking in the Strand.

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