brimmer

American  

[brim-er] / ˈbrɪm ər /

noun

1. a cup, glass, or bowl full to the brim.

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brimmer British  

/ ˈbrɪmə /

noun

1. a vessel, such as a glass or bowl, filled to the brim

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Etymology

Origin of brimmer

First recorded in 1645–55; brim ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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brimmer

"Now thou speakest like a good fellow; and I will, with my own hands, unwire this fresh flask, to begin a brimmer to the success of thy achievement."

From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott

Up with the sparkling brimmer,   Up to the crystal rim; Let not a moonbeam glimmer   'Twixt the flood and brim.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti

And then, without having been observed to stoop, I fetched my beaver broad brimmer and scampered out.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard

Then, then, quaff it round, No deceit in a brimmer is found; Here's no swearing: Beer and ale makes you prate Of the Church and the State, Wanting other discourse worth the hearing.

From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Charles Mackay

If it were ambrosia, she is worthy of a brimmer.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton