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brimmer

noun
/ˈbɹɪmə/UK

Etymology

From brim + -er.

  1. inherited from brim
  2. inherited from *bʰrem-✻ — “to make noise”
  3. inherited from *bramjaną✻
  4. inherited from bremman — “to rage; to roar”
  5. inherited from *brōmiz✻ — “famous”
  6. inherited from *brōmi✻
  7. inherited from brēme — “(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”
  8. inherited from brimmen — “of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”
  9. suffixed as brimmer — “brim + er”

Definitions

  1. A cup brimming over with liquid.

    • No wonder, then, that they made a straight wake for the whale's mouth--the bar--when the wrinkled little old Jonah, there officiating, soon poured them out brimmers all round.

  2. A hat with a brim, especially a straw hat.

    • Bown has concocted exotic costumes out of a dash of this and that; her straw brimmers and other decorative hats have attracted positive notice from amused music critics.

  3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA