nondrinking

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ drinking.

Adjective

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nondrinking (not comparable)

  1. Being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.
    • 2009 June 21, Jan Hoffman, “On the Party Circuit, With Clicks as Currency”, in New York Times[1]:
      On summer weekends, she works not only as editor and publisher, but as the nondrinking designated driver and mother hen to “the girls,” as they trawl from one fabulousness to the next.