Bubber (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Bubber

A drinking bowl; also a great drinker; a thief that steals plate from public houses. Cant.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Bub * the Bubble

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