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rinse-pitcher

noun

Etymology

From rinse + pitcher.

  1. derived from βῖκος
  2. derived from pīcārium
  3. derived from pichier
  4. inherited from picher
  5. compounded as rinse-pitcher — “rinse + pitcher”

Definitions

  1. A drunkard.

    • Rince Pytcher is he that will drinke out his thrift at the ale or wine, and be oft times dronke. This is a licoryce knaue that will swill his Maisters drink, and brybe his meate that is kept for him.
    • What the godly Cromwell saw in this Royalist rinse-pitcher it is now difficult to assess — but he sought him for his son-in-law.

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