tippler

¹ American  

[tip-ler] / ˈtɪp lər /

noun

1. a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.

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tippler ² American  

[tip-ler] / ˈtɪp lər /

noun

1. a person who works at a tipple, especially at a mine.

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tippler British  

/ ˈtɪplə /

noun

1. Also called: high-flying tippler.  a variety of domestic pigeon bred mainly for flying

2. Usual name: show tippler.  a domestic fancy pigeon of a smaller rounder type kept mainly for exhibition

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Etymology

Origin of tippler¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at tipple ¹, -er ¹

Origin of tippler²

First recorded in 1825–35; tipple ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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tippler

His portraits of Viennese cafe “types” — the clumsy waiter, the morose writer, the street tippler helping himself to drinks from an outdoor table — are grotesque but funny.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2011

At pay-for-your-own drink parties in the London Hilton, the typical tippler has cut his intake from six to four.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eng was a sobersided teetotaler; Chang a temperamental tippler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somers was lazy, improvident and a tippler, and after a short sojourn in America Mrs. Somers found herself a young and blooming widow, with one child, a girl, to provide for.

From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by Howe, William F.

Licentious and surly, wheedling and pilfering, selfish and a tippler, she clashed with the simple nature of Birotteau without offering him any compensating perspective.

From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Balzac, Honoré de