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

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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

Eng was a sobersided teetotaler; Chang a temperamental tippler.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Think you, think you for a moment, that the Wittenbergians would have listened meekly to Luther's repeated assaults upon the wide-spread sin of intemperance, had they known him for a confirmed tippler?

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

The plume of the soldier, the gay air of the debauchee, the flippant beau, the half-insane tippler, could she not have seen her doom in being affianced to one of these poor pageants of humanity?

From The Young Maiden by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

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