brimmer

noun — 2 senses

brimmer

noun

UK /ˈbɹɪmə/

Etymology From brim + -er.

1

A cup brimming over with liquid.

  • No wonder, then, that they made a straight wake for the whale's mouth--the bar--when the wrinkled little old Jonah, there officiating, soon poured them out brimmers all round.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
2

Dialectal A hat with a brim, especially a straw hat.

  • Bown has concocted exotic costumes out of a dash of this and that; her straw brimmers and other decorative hats have attracted positive notice from amused music critics.1996, Leslie Gourse, Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists, page 16:

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