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toper

[ toh-per ]

/ ˈtoʊ pər /

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noun

a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.

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to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.

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Origin of toper

First recorded in 1665–75; tope¹ + -er¹

Words nearby toper

tope, topectomy, topee, topeka, topelius, toper, topesthesia, topfull, topgallant, topgallant forecastle, topgallant mast

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Example sentences from the Web for toper

Ben the toper loved his bottle,—Charley only loved the lasses!
Paul Clifford, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The toper, if he drank too deep, sometimes found a frog or newt at the bottom (in china)—a hint not to be too greedy.
Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
But he also fell into the evil ways of gilded youth, soon achieving notoriety as a toper, gambler, and courreur des femmes.
Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller
By the beginning of his second session he was as able a toper as a publican could wish.
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown

A toper several years ago in Brooklyn and New York used to make money by blowing his breath through a wire gauze and lighting it.
The Silent Bullet|Arthur B. Reeve

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