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- It became popular as part of the temperance movement in the early 19th century in Great Britain and North America.
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Jan 12, 2017 · Total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks, is a principle of English manufacture. We sent over the old ardent spirit pledge; but after all, it did not touch the English beer, and good old brown stout, wine, nor the delicate cordials for the ladies.
Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler (US) or teetotaller (UK), or is simply said to be teetotal.
May 19, 2024 · The phrase total abstinence is attested by 1831. Also compare teetotum. The use in temperance jargon was noted by September 1833 in reports of a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England.
Feb 27, 2017 · The development of Total Abstinence as an ideal proved a revolution in British society and from humble beginning grew into arguably the largest, and most influential, of 19th Century social movements. The venue of these humble beginnings was Preston in Lancashire.
Jan 10, 2017 · The use in temperance jargon was first noted September 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England.
Jan 3, 2013 · In 1833, a certain Richard Turner of Preston, England, used the word to advocate for "Tee-Total" abstinence from all alcohol, not just abstinence from hard liquor.
