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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.
Definition 2024
tippler
tippler
English
Noun
tippler (plural tipplers)
- (archaic, Webster 1913) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house.
- A habitual drinker; a bibber.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xi
- […] they had picked up two fellows in that day’s march, one of which, he said, was as fine a man as ever he saw (meaning the tippler),
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xi
- A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
- (Britain, 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
Translations
seller of liquors
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habitual drinker
breed of pigeon