Water-drinker Term Analysis

...maximize the passion of their arguments and the caution of their reasoning. Walter is a water-drinker, however, and so requires a different approach. He gradually developed a system in which he... (full context)

Chapter 6. Tristram wishes Toby, too, were a water-drinker, as that would explain widow Wadman’s attraction to him. Toby, however, only drinks water when... (full context)