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sipper

American  
[sip-er] / ˈsɪp ər /

noun

  1. a person who sips.

  2. a paper tube through which to sip; drinking straw.


sipper British  
/ ˈsɪpə /

noun

  1. informal a drinking straw

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sipper

First recorded in 1605–15; sip + -er 1

Example Sentences

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"Just like his models, some of us wore sunglasses, one drank from a sipper with a straw, while another walked carrying a cloth bundle under her arm."

From BBC Nov. 22, 2024

No. I’d offer it up solo, just as the Omakase Room did: a sipper worth contemplating in all its nuanced beauty — up there with some of the loveliest cocktails I’ve tasted.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2024

Suddenly, Evie, a bad girl, and Diane, a tea sipper, are tied to each other if they want to survive.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2021

Aside from showing how geology influences a wine’s flavor, it’s a delightful patio sipper and a good choice for those relaxing days when lunch isn’t just a sandwich hastily scarfed at our desks.

From Washington Post May 27, 2021

In upland meadows the orange hawkweed is afoot, waving its delirious-colored “paint brush” wantonly amid the pasture grass in the light hours, but folding it at sunset, no sipper of the dews.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian

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