bubbing n.
drinking; usu. attrib.; thus bubbing-house, bubbing-school, a tavern.
Eng. Rogue I 109: We seldom were seen in the Streets by day [...] confining our selves close Prisoners to some Bubbing-house. | ||
Mock Songs 106: My Brother [...] freely will spend his Talent, / To learn this bubbing art. | ||
True Character of a Scold 6: Being asham’d to go into any Good Society [...] makes him seek blinde Bubbing-schools to hide himself in from her fury. |