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Definition of Borachios
1. borachio [n] - See also: borachio
Lexicographical Neighbors of Borachios
Literary usage of Borachios
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)
"We find from mural pictures that they tied the legs of the smaller borachios
together, to form a handle for convenient carriage; and the monuments of ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"... were on the point of cutting him into ten thousand pieces with their borachios,
when I arrived in the room time enough to prevent the catastrophe. ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... the podesta had of course bolted : but one man remained, and my fellows were
on the point of cutting him into ten thousand pieces with their borachios, ..."
4. The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene by Robert Greene (1905)
"Borachio (the 'i' is improperly inserted) generally means a drunkard, a receptacle
for wine, cf.in/ra, 1.1759: 'These borachios of the richest wine. ..."
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