jimmy woodser

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Definition of jimmy woodser in English English dictionary

A drink consumed alone

A man who drinks alone

Hyphenation

Jim·my Wood·ser

Etymology

() From a poem by Barcroft Boake published in The Bulletin magazine 7 May 1892 about a fictional Jimmy Wood from Britain who is determined to end the practice of shouting (buying rounds of drinks for one's group of mates). : One man one liquor! though I have to die A martyr to my faith, that's Jimmy Wood, sir. Another possiblity is a derivation from Sydney slang Johnny Warder which meant a man who tried to cadge drinks (which in turn is from a Sydney publican John Ward). (Reference: Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1970, reprint 1979 ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, under "Woodser, Jimmy", page 567.)