I taste a liquor never brewed Society and Class Quotes

Dickinson would be more likely to be drinking from etched lead crystal glasses than a tankard. It is a lot of fun to imagine her trying to keep her pinky raised while sipping from a big metal tankard the size of her head, though.

"Debauchee" is not a word that one tosses around lightly. Dickinson's use of this word shows us that she feels that someone who would indulge in such heavy drinking of alcohol is engaging in activities that are far more worthy of the gossip papers than proper society.

Back in the day, pubs and taverns were traditionally attached to inns, which catered to the working class and lower-middle class travelers. Using the inn as a representation of a drunken spree further shows us that Dickinson didn't think that this level of inebriation could be found in classier joints.