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winebibber

American  
[wahyn-bib-er] / ˈwaɪnˌbɪb ər /

noun

  1. a person who drinks much wine.


winebibber British  
/ ˈwaɪnˌbɪbə /

noun

  1. a person who drinks a great deal of wine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of winebibber

First recorded in 1525–35; wine + bibber

Example Sentences

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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'

From His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels by Barton, William Eleazar

Not these called Him gluttonous and a winebibber.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.

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

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall

The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say he is a gluttonous man, a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

From The Gospel of Matthew for Readers by Lightheart

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

From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Kingsley, Charles

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