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

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Example Sentences

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brimmer

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 James Elphinston

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 William Carleton

I pledge you in a brimmer; wishing Success may attend you, and Confusion await your Enemies!

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth

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 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle

"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

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