http://wordie.org/words/bib Comments for the word 'Bib' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/bib#comments After he had eaten a slice, he washed it down with a diluted beverage, two parts water to one of wine; but this temperate use of the good creature did not at all save him from the acrimony of my ridicule. So so, good master doctor, said I, you are fairly caught in the fact. You a wine-<a href="/words/bib">bib</a>ber! you, who have entered the lists like a knight-errant against that unauthenticated fermentation? you, who reached your grand <a href="/words/climacteric">climacteric</a> on the strength of the pure element? <br /> <br />- Lesage, <i>The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane</i>, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 1 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:38:53 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/bib#comments