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plural borachios
(obsolete) A drunkard. quotations
Offence? As I'm a Perſon, I'm aſhamed of you—Fogh! how you ſtink of Wine! Dee think my Niece will ever endure ſuch a Borachio! you'r an abſolute Borachio.
1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], Act IV, scene x, page 62
(historical) A bottle for wine made of pigskin. quotations
Meer. Yes, / But by my way of dressing, you must know, sir, / And med'cining the leather to a height / Of improved ware, like your borachio / Of Spain, sir, I can fetch nine thousand for't
1631, Ben Jonson, The Devil is an Ass, act II scene I