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winebibber

American  
[wahyn-bib-er] / ˈwaɪnˌbɪb ər /

noun

  1. a person who drinks much wine.


winebibber British  
/ ˈwaɪnˌbɪbə /

noun

  1. a person who drinks a great deal of wine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of winebibber

First recorded in 1525–35; wine + bibber


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So freely did He associate with men, participating even in their festivities, that His enemies falsely charged Him with being a "glutton and a winebibber."

From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones

Not these called Him gluttonous and a winebibber.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick

The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say he is a gluttonous man, a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

From The Gospel of Matthew for Readers by Lightheart

Never a solitary winebibber, and William remaining recalcitrant, he returned to the outer office and demanded "no heeltaps" of the operator and Bowers.

From The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther

They co'd Him a winebibber, and a friend o' all maks o' bad uns.

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather

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