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bibber

[ bib-er ]
/ ˈbɪb ər /
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noun

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

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Origin of bibber

First recorded in 1530–40; bib + -er1
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Examples from the Web for bibber

  • 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

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

    Mistress Wilding|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for bibber

bibber

/ (ˈbɪbə) /

noun

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

Word Origin and History for bibber

bibber

n.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper