† briberessn.
Obsolete. rare.
A woman who gives, offers, or promises bribes.
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briberess1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. l. 337 As we clatter'd by the door of the fair briberess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019).
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n.1748- to buy time
- to buy up
- to buzz in
- to buzz off
- to bêche-de-mer
- to bêchedemer
- to ca' canny
- to cairn prop
- to cajole with
- to cake off
- to calculate one's way by the log
- to call a couple home
- to call a mattock a mattock
- to call a person foul
- to call a person home
- to call a person names
- to call a person out of his or her name
- to call a person pisher
- to call a person to his or her feet
- to call a person to his or her legs
- to call a person to stress
- to call a person to the colours
- to call a person unto the law
- to call a person's name
- to call a person's name something specified