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Coined in 1592 by Thomas Nashe in Pierce Penniless, His supplication to the Divell as one of eight types of drunkard named after different animals.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Coined in 1592 by Thomas Nashe in Pierce Penniless, His supplication to the Divell as one of eight types of drunkard named after different animals.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.