wad-shifter

wad-shifter
   obsolete British
   a person who never drinks intoxicants
   The army in India used to take wads, doughy buns, with their char, tea. In that society, temperance was taboo:
    If a teetotaller, he was known as a 'char-wallah', 'bun-puncher', or 'wad-shifter'. (F. Richards, 1933)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • bun-puncher —    British    a person who never drinks intoxicants    Army usage, in a society where abstention from intoxicants can be as taboo as drunkenness in civilian life:     If a teetotaller he was known as a charwallah , bun puncher or wad shifter . (F …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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