[f. BIB v. + -ER1.] One who drinks frequently; a tippler. (Frequent in comb., as wine-, beer-bibber, etc.)
1536. Remed. Sedition, 20 b. Bibbers wil be offended with hym.
1756. C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, I. 185. The subjects of the Gout are generally … wine, cider, and beer bibers.
a. 1845. Hood, Drink. Song, x. Look at the bibbers of wine.
Hence Bibbership.
1670. Eachard, Cont. Clergy, 31. That would much better fit some old soker at Parnassus than his sipping unexperienced bibbership. Alas, poor child!
