quaffer

quaffer

English

Etymology

quaff +‎ -er

Noun

quaffer (plural quaffers)

1. One who quaffs.
   • 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)

     It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]

2. (informal) A quaffable wine.

Synonyms

• (quaffable wine): glugger