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Webster 1913 Edition
maltworm
malt′wormˊ
,Noun.
A tippler.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Maltworm
MALTWORM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
maltworm
maltworm
English
Noun
maltworm (plural maltworms)
- A tippler; a drinker of alcohol.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II: Scene 4: 1644
- The fiend hath prick'd down Bardolph irrecoverable; and his face is Lucifer's privy-kitchen, where he doth nothing but roast malt-worms.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II: Scene 4: 1644