quaffer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quaff + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
Noun
[edit]quaffer (plural quaffers)
- One who quaffs.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354:
- It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
- (informal) A quaffable wine.
Synonyms
[edit]- (quaffable wine): glugger