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tippler

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tip⋅pler

1  [tip-ler]
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–noun
a person who tipples intoxicating liquor.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see tipple 1 , -er 1

tip⋅pler

2  [tip-ler]
–noun
a person who works at a tipple, esp. at a mine.
Origin:
1825–35; tipple 2 + -er 1
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tip·ple 1   (tĭp'əl)   
tr. & intr.v.   tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples
To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.
n.  Alcoholic liquor.

[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]
tip'pler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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tippler

  1. n.
    a tavern keeper. : John is the best tippler this place has ever seen. Tip me another, John.
  2. n.
    a drunkard. : Uncle Ben was a tippler—a harmless one. , He started drinking at fifteen and has been a tippler ever since.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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