subs. phr. (old).—A tippler; espec. one whose favourite drink is brandy: see LUSHINGTON. Hence BRANDY-FACED = red-faced; bloated.

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  c. 1687.  COTTON, Æneid, II. Burl. (1692), 85. You goodman BRANDY-FACE, unfist her.

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  1859.  G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock, 284. Hulking labourers and BRANDY-FACED viragos, squabbling at tavern doors.

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