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tipple

1. tip.ple \'tip-*l\ \-(*-)lin\ \-(*-)l*r\ vb or tip.pling [back-formation 
   fr. obs. tippler (barkeeper)] : to drink (intoxicating liquor) esp. 
   continuously in small amounts  : to drink intoxicating liquor esp. by habit 
   or to excess  - tip.pler n
2. tipple n : an intoxicating beverage : DRINK 
3. tipple n [E dial. tipple to tip over, freq. of E tip] 1: an apparatus by 
   which loaded cars are emptied by tipping  2: the place where tipping is 
   done; specif : a coal-screening plant