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noun
A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A habitual drinker; a bibber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A minecart, a lorry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Qualifier: railroad
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noun
One who works at a tipple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Alternative form of tipple, a revolving frame or cage in which a truck or wagon is inverted to discharge its load.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: social drinker
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Broader terms: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer
History
From tipple + -er (“agent”). “Seller” sense from 1396; “drinker” sense from 1580.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
