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lick-wimble

lick-wimble noun: a drunkard.

Noun

lick-wimble (plural lick-wimbles)

  1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
    • […]I bind me, my heires, Ale-squires, pot-companions, Lick-wimbles, Maltwormes, Vine-fretters, and other faithfull Drunkards firmely by these presents:[…]c. 1638, Richard Brathwait, “Laws of Drinking”, in Joseph Haslewood, editor, Barnabae Itinerarium: Or Barnabee's Journal, volume 1, published 1820, page 208

Forms of lick-wimble

plurallick-wimbles

Origin of lick-wimble

From lick + wimble (sense 1).

Questions about lick-wimble

What does lick-wimble mean?
Lick-wimble means a drunkard.
What part of speech is lick-wimble?
Lick-wimble is a noun.
What is the plural of lick-wimble?
The plural of lick-wimble is lick-wimbles.

Words near lick-wimble in the dictionary

  1. lick-spittles
  2. lick-trencher
  3. lick-trenchers
  4. lick-twat
  5. lick-twats
  6. lick-wimble
  7. lick-wimbles
  8. lickability
  9. lickable
  10. lickably
  11. lickdish

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