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