Synonyms for tippler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tip-ler |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪp lər |
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Définition of tippler
Origin :- late 14c., "seller of alcoholic liquors," agent noun from tipple. In the sense of "habitual drinker" it dates from 1570s.
- noun drunkard
- Of these two, one was known as “Tippler,” the other as “Tiger Tom.”
- Extract from : « Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood » by J. Conway Walter
- I never gave nor sold a glass of whiskey to a tippler in my life.
- Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
- As the tippler could not obtain the liquor for a spree, he had become sober.
- Extract from : « Little Bobtail » by Oliver Optic
- The tippler was sober, because he had neither rum nor money.
- Extract from : « Little Bobtail » by Oliver Optic
- This Gretchen is probably a tippler, with a red nose and double chin.
- Extract from : « Gretchen » by Mary J. Holmes
- Mike was getting to be quite a tippler, and he said, "Let's have a drink."
- Extract from : « Dave Ranney » by Dave Ranney
- But it never pays to manhandle that particular brand of tippler.
- Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath
- This Gretchen is probably a tippler, with a red nose and a double chin.
- Extract from : « Tracy Park » by Mary Jane Holmes
- 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.
- Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne
- But Lincoln was hopelessly inefficient behind the counter, and Berry was a tippler.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. » by John T. Morse
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