Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bub

Drink. (Connected with bubble—Latin, bibo, to drink; our imbibe.) (See Grub.)

“Drunk with Helicon's waters and double-brewed bub.” —Prior: To a Person who wrote ill.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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