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

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

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

But in truth, Dr. Sinclair had fallen from his high estate, and become a wine bibber and a lover of the flesh.

From City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston by Thompson, George

A jovial wine bibber: "Suavis vinari sitit, rogo vas valde sitit."

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc

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