E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Borach’io.
A drunkard. From the Spanish borach’oe or borrach’o, a bottle made of pig’s skin, with the hair inside, dressed with resin and pitch to keep the wine sweet. (Minskeu.)
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Borachio. A follower of Don John, in Much Ado About Nothing, who thus plays upon his own name:—
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“I will, like a true drunkard [borachio], utter all to thee.”—Act iii. 5.
