tipple
verb (used without object)
to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Here is a rascal who has tippled nectar to some purpose.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler