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

As often as I called for small-beer, the master tipped the wink, and the servant brought me a brimmer of October.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

You, Squire, had best go and mend your cracked head in the eating-parlour with a brimmer or two of clary wine; and you, Mrs. Dorothy, can go and keep her ladyship company.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

I iz open in fine, finer, finish; dine, dining, and diner; rime, riming, and rimer; fi-ner, fi-nish, and so on: shut in fin, finnish; din, dinner; brim, brimmer; fin-nish, and simmilar.

From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by Elphinston, James

Oh, no! a brimmer round.—Come, a good booty to us to-night.

From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John

And why, gentle reader, did Reilly fill his glass on that particular occasion until it became literally a brimmer?

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William