or -vat, subs. phr. (common).—1. The human body: cf. BACON. Hence (2) = a tippler: see LUSHINGTON.
1600. The Weakest goeth to the Wall, iii. 4. And whither are they gone BEERE BARRELL?
1837. CARLYLE, The French Revolution, II. vi. vi. 356. Thou laggard sonorous BEER-VAT … is it time now to palter.
