yeoman of the vinegar bottle, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

yeoman of the vinegar bottle n.

[the use of vinegar as a ‘cure’ for such a disease; as well as internal or external use some doctors suggested that the mercury used in the treatment of syphilis should first be boiled in vinegar]

a sufferer from venereal disease.

1592

Nashe Pierce Pennilesse 33: Pish, pish; what talke you of old age or bald pates? men & women that haue gone vnder the South pole, must lay off their furde night-caps in spight of their teeth, and become yeomen of the Vineger bottle.