Crossword clues for tippler
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tippler \Tip"pler\, n.
One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.]
--Latimer.One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "seller of alcoholic liquors," of uncertain origin (see tipple). In the sense of "habitual drinker" it dates from 1570s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A seller of alcoholic liquors. 2 A habitual drinker; a bibber. 3 A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. 4 (context UK railroad English) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.
WordNet
n. someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities [syn: social drinker]
Wikipedia
The tippler is a breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. Flying results of up to 22 hours (non-stop) have been reported.
Usage examples of "tippler".
Tikhon is all but mad, a totally giftless being in any case, and unquestionably a tippler.
Most of these Celts were related, and all had a role to play in their small society: the storyteller, the jokester, the warrior, the mother hen, the tippler, the magician, the singer, the cook.
He then perceived that this man, dressed as a cavalier, had just entered the principal chamber, and was haranguing the tipplers, who all listened to him with the greatest attention.