tipple
verb (used without object)
to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
were tippling
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past progressiveof tipple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Here the people who were tippling at the bar burst into a loud laugh, which awoke the cabman to a perception that the landlord had been making game of him.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
