All 3 Uses of
sober
in
Bleak House
- But such an old card as this, so deep, so sly, and secret (though I don't believe he is ever sober), I never came across.†
Chpt 19-21
- Krook, with his bottle under his arm (he never gets beyond a certain point of either drunkenness or sobriety), takes time to survey his proposed lodger and seems to approve of him.†
Chpt 19-21
- "Tolerable sober, my angel," returns Mr. Bucket.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definition:
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(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol