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tipple1 definition

tip·ple (tip′əl)

intransitive verb, transitive verb tippled -·pled, tippling -·pling

to drink (alcoholic liquor) habitually

Etymology: prob. back-form. < ME tipelar, tavern-keeper < ?

noun

alcoholic liquor

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tipple2 definition

☆ tip·ple (tip′əl)

noun

  1. an apparatus for emptying coal, ore, etc. from a mine car by tipping
  2. the place where this is done

Etymology: < obs. tipple, freq. of tip

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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