2. Noun. (historical) A bottle for wine made of pigskin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Borachio
1. a drunken fellow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Borachio
Literary usage of Borachio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1861)
"Of these two vessels, the borachio—or, as we may term it, ... When the borachio
is distended with liquor, it looks like a fat porpoise, or prize pig, ..."
2. The Classical Speaker by Charles Knapp Dillaway (1830)
"DOGBERRY VERGES SEXTON THE WATCH CONRADE— borachio Shakspeare. ... Pray write
down, borachio.—Yours, sirrah 1 Conr. I am a gentleman, sir, and my name is ..."
3. Retrospections of the Stage by John Bernard (1832)
"Definition of " borachio."—An Illustration of Shakspeare.—" Bury St Edmund's."—Mrs
Baker's Booth.— Lewey Owen.—The Clown.—Experiment upon a Silk Mercer. ..."
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