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bibber en · NOUN

Etymology

From bib (“drink heartily”) + -er (agent noun suffix); see bib (“clothing to prevent spills from mouth”). Bib is from Middle English bibben. First attested in the 1530s.

Meanings

  1. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler.

Forms

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Deriveds

winebibber

Relateds

bibble · bib

Synonyms

tippler