subs. phr. (old).—A drunkard; a tippler; LUSHINGTON (q.v.): also ONE WHICH THE BREWER’S HORSE HAS BIT.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV., iii. 3. I am BREWER’S HORSE … Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
subs. phr. (old).—A drunkard; a tippler; LUSHINGTON (q.v.): also ONE WHICH THE BREWER’S HORSE HAS BIT.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV., iii. 3. I am BREWER’S HORSE … Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
