bibber

American  

[bib-er] / ˈbɪb ər /

noun

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

   winebibber.

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bibber British  

/ ˈbɪbə /

noun

1. a drinker; tippler (esp in the expression wine-bibber )

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Etymology

Origin of bibber

First recorded in 1530–40; bib + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Some believe that he even helped push that old bibber of Red propaganda, Michael Quill, boss of the transport workers, into taking the pledge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bringing back that "reformed" fist baller and dehydrated bibber Billy Martin for a fourth term as mismanager, Steinbrenner has taxed the credibility of even the New York Post.

From Time Magazine Archive

And with a final suspicious, wondering look at the whilom bibber, he passed into the house, much exercised on the score of the sanity of this family into which his friend Anthony had married.

From Mistress Wilding by Sabatini, Rafael

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by Olmsted, M. N.

Jesus said: "John came neither eating or drinking and ye say, Behold a wine bibber and a glutton."

From The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation by Nation, Carry Amelia