subs. (colloquial).—A liar. [From FIB.]
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). FIBBER (s.) a liar, one who speaks falsely, etc.
1785. WOLCOT (‘Peter Pindar’), Lyric Odes, No. 6, in wks. (1809), i., 67.
| Your royal grandsire (trust me, I’m no FIBBER) | |
| Was vastly fond of Colley Cibber. |
1882. PAYN, For Cash Only, ch. xxvi. For one’s lover to be a FIBBER is bad enough, but to be a forger.
