tippler
Noun
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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, chapter XI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (
please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book VII: 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),| 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),||tr=|brackets=|subst=|lit=|nocat=1|footer=}}|}}
- 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.
- (drinker) bibber; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
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