borachio n.
1. (later use US) a drunkard.
Spanish Gypsy I i: It’s as rare to see a Spaniard a drunkard as a German sober [...] I am no borachio. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Boracho, a But, a Drunkard, and a Hogskin. | ||
Way of the World IV x: How you stink of wine! D’ye think my niece will ever endure such a Borachio! | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Borachio, a skin for holding wine, commonly a goat’s; also a nick name for a drunkard. | |
Way to Get Married in Inchbold (1808) XXV 81: While you were affluent, the elegant flavour of your Tokay kept down the coarse twang of the borachio in your manners. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Rambler in Mexico 70: When you have said that he was a borrachio you have recorded all the positive evil in his character. |
2. a skin for holding wine.
see sense 1. |