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Tipple   /tˈɪpəl/   Listen
noun
Tipple  n.  Liquor taken in tippling; drink. "Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico."


Tipple  n.  An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.


verb
Tipple  v. t.  
1.
To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. "Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice."
2.
To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.


Tipple  v. i.  (past & past part. tippled; pres. part. tippling)  To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness. "Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets."





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"Tipple" Quotes from Famous Books



... sunrise, and that every inhabitant should take his turn of duty. But this Act was negligently executed. Few of those who were summoned left their homes; and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... would deny, To tipple and cherish his heart, And when he was maudlin he'd cry, Because he had empty'd his quart: Tho' some are so foolish to think He wept at men's folly and vice, 'Twas only his fashion to drink Till the liquor flow'd out ...
— Ebrietatis Encomium - or, the Praise of Drunkenness • Boniface Oinophilus
... in his harsh but not unkindly voice, "having a nip and a nap, eh? What's your tipple? Hollands it looks, but it smells more like peach brandy. May I taste it? I'm a judge of hollands," and he lifted the glass of prussic acid and ...
— Doctor Therne • H. Rider Haggard
... anyone else much more; and so on. The upshot is that she wants me to come back. She says I ought to be there to save the child from her, if I dont care to save her from herself; that I was the last restraint on her; and that if I dont come she will make an end of the business by changing her tipple to prussic acid. The whole thing is a string of maudlin rot from beginning to end; and I believe she primed herself with about four bottles of champagne to write it. Still, I dont want to leave her in the lurch. You are a man who stand pretty closely on your honor. Do you think ...
— The Irrational Knot - Being the Second Novel of His Nonage • George Bernard Shaw
... sumpin', say what he mean, wantin' to visit them pigs so often. Us carry on foolishness 'bout de little boar shoat pig and de little sow pig, then I squeal in laughter over how he scrouge so close; de slop bucket tipple over and I lost my seat. Dat ever remain de happiest ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration


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