bubber
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)
Noun edit
bubber (plural bubbers)
- (obsolete) A person who steals plate from public houses.
- (obsolete) A drinking bowl.
- (obsolete) A person who drinks a lot of alcohol.
References edit
- BUBBER, Dictionary of Thieving Slang, 1737.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary