TIPPLE
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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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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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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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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.]
