swill-pot

See also: swillpot

English

Alternative forms

• swillpot

Etymology

swill +‎ pot

Noun

swill-pot (plural swill-pots)

1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
   • 1653, Thomas, transl. Urquhart, chapter XXXIII, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, translation of original by Francois Rabelais, First Book:

     But, said he, what doth that part of our army in the meantime which overthrows that unworthy swillpot Grangousier?

   • 1799, George Peter Holford, True Patriotism, act2, scene 1, page 22:

     Look you, ye hang-dog! You ſhall caſt ſlections on me and my ways! You ſhall, ye ſwill-pot!

   • 1892 June, Arthur Morison, “The Legend of Lapwater Hall”, in Macmillan's Magazine‎^[1], volume 66, page 110:

     Beer, ye boozy scabs! Ha'n't ye enough a'ready? Don't I pay for it, and for every minute of time ye rob me of, ye swabs, ye swill-pot hounds? There's the pond for ye. Go and lap water, like the lazy dogs ye are!

Synonyms

• reel-pot, tosspot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

Related terms

• swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-box, swill-can, swill-flagon, swill-pail, swill-tub