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Borachte

Borachte

a large leather bottle for liquors, etc, made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: a drunkard. You're an absolute borachio. (Congreve)

Origin: sp. Borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. Borra a lamb.


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