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winebibber

[wahyn-bib-er]
noun
  1. a person who drinks much wine.

Origin of winebibber

First recorded in 1525–35; wine + bibber
Related formswine·bib·bing, noun, adjective
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Related Words for winebibber

souse, bacchanal, soak, alcoholic, tippler, stiff, lush, inebriate, boozer, wino, drinker, sponge, sot, debauchee, carouser, toper, dipsomaniac, bacchanalian, barfly, bibber

Examples from the Web for winebibber

Historical Examples of winebibber

  • They co'd Him a winebibber, and a friend o' all maks o' bad uns.

  • The Son of man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

    Westminster Sermons

    Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for winebibber

winebibber

noun
  1. a person who drinks a great deal of wine
Derived Formswinebibbing, noun
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Word Origin and History for winebibber
n.

"drunkard," 1530s, loan-translation of German Weinsäufer (Luther), from Wein "wine" + Säufer "bibber." See bibber.

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