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winebibber

[wahyn-bib-er] /ˈwaɪnˌbɪb ər/
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noun
1.
a person who drinks much wine.
Origin of winebibber
1525-1535
First recorded in 1525-35; wine + bibber
Related forms
winebibbing, noun, adjective
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  • They co'd Him a winebibber, and a friend o' all maks o' bad uns.

    Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

  • The Son of man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

    Westminster Sermons Charles Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for winebibber

winebibber

/ˈwaɪnˌbɪbə/
noun
1.
a person who drinks a great deal of wine
Derived Forms
winebibbing, noun
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Word Origin and History for winebibber
n.

"drunkard," 1530s, loan-translation of German Weinsäufer (Luther), from Wein "wine" + Säufer "bibber." See bibber.

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