From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. t.
1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
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Himself, for saving charges,
A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice.
--Dryden.
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2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
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Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B.
Griffin.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. [Cf. 3d {Tip}.]
An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping;
also, the place where such tipping is done.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tippled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tippling}.] [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf.
Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a
draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small
parts. See {Tip} a point, and cf. {Tipsy}.]
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.
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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. --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tipple
n 1: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
"they served beer on draft" [syn: {draft}, {draught},
{potation}, {tipple}]
v 1: drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"
[syn: {tipple}, {bib}]
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