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bibber

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noun

a steady drinker; tippler (usually used in combination): winebibber.

Origin of bibber

First recorded in 1530–40; bib + -er1
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Related Words for bibber

souse, bacchanal, soak, alcoholic, tippler, stiff, lush, inebriate, boozer, wino, drinker, sponge, sot, debauchee, carouser, toper, dipsomaniac, bacchanalian, barfly, tosspot

Examples from the Web for bibber

Historical Examples of bibber

  • He had known him for a fool, a weakling, a babbler, and a bibber of wine.

    Mistress Wilding

    Rafael Sabatini

  • This habit of gaming entraps me as the wine cup fascinates the bibber who would fain avoid it, but cannot.

    Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf

    George W. M. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for bibber

bibber

noun

a drinker; tippler (esp in the expression wine-bibber)
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Word Origin and History for bibber
n.

"drinker, tippler," 1530s, from Middle English bib (v.) "to drink heartily" (see bib (n.)).

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