lick-wimble

noun

noun

Etymology From lick + wimble (sense 1).

Obsolete A drunkard.

[…]I bind me, my heires, Ale-squires, pot-companions, Lick-wimbles, Maltwormes, Vine-fretters, and other faithfull Drunkards firmely by these presents:[…]c. 1638, Richard Brathwait, “Laws of Drinking”, in Joseph Haslewood, editor, Barnabae Itinerarium: Or Barnabee's Journal, volume 1, published 1820, page 208:

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