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

The tippler knew the reason why only too well, and he also knew that it was useless as well as dangerous to disobey the coxswain.

From The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Till seraphs swing their snowy caps And saints to windows run, To see the little tippler Leaning against the sun!

From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey