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

"True, Diccon," answered Will; "but, dum vivimus, vivamus,—that is my motto; and therewith I present you a brimmer to the health of the fair lady you wot of."

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Carleton, William

As Mr. Oldwit himself, in another scene of the same play, says to his friends, "We'll into my smoking-room and sport about a brimmer," there was probably some excuse for his wife's remark.

From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer

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)

Fill, fill the goblet--one and two: Let every brimmer, as it flows, In sportive chase, the last pursue.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert