Bibber
[bibә]
Definition
(n.) One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.
Editor: Nita
Examples
- Haroun-al-Raschid himself was a wine-bibber, and his palace was decorated with graven images of birds and beasts and men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sir Philip Nunnely is no wine-bibber, and I hear him just now pass from the dining-room to the drawing-room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Nita