tippler

== English == === Etymology === From tipple +‎ -er (“agent”). “Seller” sense from 1396; “drinker” sense from 1580. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪplə/ === Noun === tippler (plural tipplers) (obsolete) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern. 1567, regulation, quoted in 1894, William John Monk, History of Witney, page 111: It is decrede that no tippler shall allow any unlawful games in his howse. A habitual drinker; a bibber. A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. (UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A minecart, a lorry. (mining) One who works at a tipple. Alternative form of tipple, a revolving frame or cage in which a truck or wagon is inverted to discharge its load. ==== Synonyms ==== (drinker): bibber; See also Thesaurus:drunkard ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lippert, ripplet