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Word: tipple (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal
  • rail transport An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done
  • slang Any alcoholic drink

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Verb:

  • Habitual drinker. from later 16th c.
  • To drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess.
  • To drink too much alcohol. from mid-16th c.
  • To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. from earlier 16th c.

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