(Germ. becher, Dutch beker.) A tumbler. "This word," says Mr. Pickering, "not many years ago was in common use in New England, as well as in some other parts of the United States; but it is now seldom heard except among old people." We derive it from our ancestors from Norfolk and Suffolk counties, where it is still provincial. It is also used in the north of England and in Scotland.--Jamieson. Forby.
And into pikes and musketeers,
Stamp'd beakers, cups, and porringers.
Butler's Hudibras.