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tip·ple ¹  (tpl)

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

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

n.

Alcoholic liquor.

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

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tippler n.

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tip·ple ²  (tpl)

n.

1.

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.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tippler - someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities social drinker imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)