Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dowling

(Captain). A character in Crabbe's Borough; a great drunkard, who died in his cups.

“`Come, fill my glass.' He took it and he went” (i.e. died). Letter xvi.

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