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Webster 1913 Edition


Tippler

Tip′pler

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tippler

TIP'PLER

,
Noun.
One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spiritus liquors; a drunkard; a sot. It however signifies often a person who habitually drinks strong liquors, without absolute drunkenness.

Definition 2024


tippler

tippler

English

Noun

tippler (plural tipplers)

  1. (archaic, Webster 1913) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house.
  2. A habitual drinker; a bibber.
  3. A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
  4. (Britain, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.
  5. (mining) One who works at a tipple.

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