tippler

tip·ple¹ (t

tr. & intr.v. tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples

To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.

Alcoholic liquor.

[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]

tippler n.

tip·ple² (t

a. An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them.

b. The place where this is done.

2. A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars.

[From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip.]

tippler [ˈtɪplə]

n (sometimes capital)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a variety of domestic pigeon bred mainly for flying Also called high-flying tippler

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a domestic fancy pigeon of a smaller rounder type kept mainly for exhibition Usual name show tippler

[from tipple² + -er¹]

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Noun

tippler - someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities

social drinker

imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

Translations

tippler [ˈtɪpləʳ] N (Brit) → amante mf de la bebida
he's a bit of a tippler → le gusta tomar un trago de vez en cuando

tippler

n (esp Brit inf) → Schluckspecht m (inf)

tippler [ˈtɪpləʳ] n (fam) → beone/a

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alcoholic bibber Bibler boozer drinker drunkard foot Imbiber juicer maltworm social drinker Tavernman tipple toper Whetter	He had, in truth, drunk very little--not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings of genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context This little old man, with a livid face blazoned by the red nose of a tippler and lighted by two gleaming vulture eyes, allowed his gray hair to hang loose under a three-cornered hat, wore breeches with straps that extended beyond the buckles, cotton stockings of mottled thread knitted by his niece, whom he always called "the little Saillard," stout shoes with silver buckles, and a surtout coat of mixed colors. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context He then perceived that this man, dressed as a cavalier, had just entered the principal chamber, and was haranguing the tipplers, who all listened to him with the greatest attention. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	tip-in tip-off tip-tilted tip-top tip-top table tip-truck tip-up tipcart tipcat tipi Tipp-Ex Tippecanoe tipped tippee tipper tipper lorry tipper truck Tipperary tippet Tippet grebe Tippet grouse Tippett tipping tipple Tippled tippler Tippling Tippling-house Tippoo Sahib tippy tippytoe tips Tipsify tipsily tipsiness tipstaff tipster Tipstock tipsy tipsy cake tiptoe Tiptoe mirth tiptop tipu Tipu Sahib tipu tree Tipuana Tipula Tipulary Tipulidae tipuna	tipping points tipping the balance tipping the balance tipping the balance tipping the balance tipping the balance Tipping the Scales Tipping the Scales Tipping the Scales Tipping the Scales Tipping the Scales tipping the scales at tipping the scales at tipping the scales at tipping the scales at tipping the scales at tipping the wink tipping the wink tipping the wink tipping the wink tipping the wink tipping-bucket rain gage TippingPoint Security Research Team tipple tipple tipple tipple tippled tippled tippled tippler tipplers tipples tipples tipples tippling tippling tippling Tippling house Tippling-house Tippo Tippo Tippoes Tippoes Tippoo Sahib Tippoo Sahib TIPPS TIPPS TIPPS TIPPS TIPPS TIPPS TIPPSA Tippu Sultan Tippu Sultan TIPPV tippy tippy Tippy Golden Broken Orange Pekoe Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe

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foot
Imbiber
juicer
maltworm
social drinker
Tavernman
tipple
toper
Whetter

He had, in truth, drunk very little--not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings of genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

This little old man, with a livid face blazoned by the red nose of a tippler and lighted by two gleaming vulture eyes, allowed his gray hair to hang loose under a three-cornered hat, wore breeches with straps that extended beyond the buckles, cotton stockings of mottled thread knitted by his niece, whom he always called "the little Saillard," stout shoes with silver buckles, and a surtout coat of mixed colors.

Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context

He then perceived that this man, dressed as a cavalier, had just entered the principal chamber, and was haranguing the tipplers, who all listened to him with the greatest attention.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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