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borachio en · NOUN

From Spanish borracho (“drunkard, wine bottle”), from Latin burrus (“red, flushed”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “tawny, red”).

(obsolete) A drunkard.
- Offence? As I'm a Perſon, I'm aſhamed of you—Fogh! how you ſtink of Wine! Dee think my Niece will ever endure ſuch a Borachio! you'r an abſolute Borachio. 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, scene x, page 62:
(historical) A wineskin made of pigskin.
- Meer. Yes, / But by my way of dressing, you must know, sir, / And med'cining the leather to a height / Of improved ware, like your borachio / Of Spain, sir, I can fetch nine thousand for't 1631, Ben Jonson, The Devil is an Ass, act II scene I:

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