TIPPLER

tippler, social drinker

(noun) someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tippler (plural tipplers)

(archaic, Webster 1913) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house.

A habitual drinker; a bibber.

A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.

(UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.

(mining) One who works at a tipple.

Synonyms

• (drinker): bibber; See also drunkard

Anagrams

• Lippert, ripplet

Source: Wiktionary


Tip"pler, n.

1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] Latimer.

2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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