"fuddlecap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fuddlecaps [plural]
Etymology: fuddle (“liquor”) + cap (“head”); compare madcap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fuddle|cap|gloss1=liquor|gloss2=head}} fuddle (“liquor”) + cap (“head”), {{m|en|madcap}} madcap Head templates: {{en-noun}} fuddlecap (plural fuddlecaps)
  1. (obsolete) Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages too freely. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: bibber, tippler
    Sense id: en-fuddlecap-en-noun-DuhVUAy6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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