gambrinous

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Adjective

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gambrinous (comparative more gambrinous, superlative most gambrinous)

  1. Full of beer.
    • 2019, John W. McEwen, People, Place, and Attachment in Local Bars: An Ethnographic Study in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 24:
      Interviewing then quoting gambrinous informants for other people to read presents an opportunity to infringe on or violate research ethics.
    • 2019, A. L. Benalla, Apophenia, Xlibris US, →ISBN:
      Dante stopped and grinned out his golden white teeth. "Gambrinous galligaskins ghostshipping in the glacis of the glabella."
    • 2017, Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness, Penguin Books Limited, →ISBN:
      So when the Roman Empire declined, foundered and fell, the wine trade continued the best it could, supplying the needs of the vinous Vandal and gambrinous Goth.
    • 2014, Carole McCall, Lotus Generation, Arena Books, →ISBN:
      When they returned two hours later, they had the look of two gambrinous men.