All 6 Uses of
sober
in
Treasure Island
- The poor captain raised his eyes, and at one look the rum went out of him and left him staring sober.†
Chpt 3
- Sometimes he fell and cut himself; sometimes he lay all day long in his little bunk at one side of the companion; sometimes for a day or two he would be almost sober and attend to his work at least passably.†
Chpt 10
- Watch him as we pleased, we could do nothing to solve it; and when we asked him to his face, he would only laugh if he were drunk, and if he were sober deny solemnly that he ever tasted anything but water.†
Chpt 10
- Now, here's what I say: you'll berth forward, and you'll live hard, and you'll speak soft, and you'll keep sober till I give the word; and you may lay to that, my son."†
Chpt 11
- But I'll tell you I was sober; I was on'y dog tired; and if I'd awoke a second sooner, I'd 'a caught you at the act, I would.†
Chpt 20
- Certainly, since the mutiny began, not a man of them could ever have been sober.†
Chpt 25 *
Definition:
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(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol