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cappucino sipper: (n.) a dreamer, as applied to philosophy or psych concentrators or anyone with a strong affinity for tight black clothing and smoky cafes. "What's that cappucino sipper doing after graduation...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Speakin' in tongues | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

Just then a farmer came in and poured himself coffee. "Windy where you been?" a coffee sipper asked. "It took off my hat, and that's the last I seen it," the newcomer said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Dakota: Cafe Life | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

During the strife-torn 1870s in Paris, a passing proletarian stopped by a sidewalk table at the Café de la Paix to jeer at an elderly champagne-sipper: "You! We didn't get you in '48, but we won't miss in the next revolution." Last week the revolution finally engulfed the Café de la Paix. After 86 years as a bastion of fashion (and fancy prices), the famed restaurant turned over one-eighth of its floor space to an American-style snack bar. Georges Marcovich, the café's Manager of External Relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Democratic Revolution | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

...offend hostesses who serve spirits. But those who place all manner of grog before him are treated to no crass bacchanalian spectacle.When the festivities wind up, the liquor level in the Archbishop's glass is never lowered by more than "one-sixteenth of an inch." Confessed Slight Sipper Fisher: "It is no virtue on my part. It happens that I don't like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 24, 1955 | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Brown tied the Crimson at 11:46 of the opening period as Tommy "Sipper" Thompson poked the puck past a mix-up in front of the varsity goal. After the lone tally, however, the Bruins consistently failed to capitalize on solo breaks by linemen Pete Tutless and Dan Keefe as hasty passes in the varsity zone could not find receivers...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Cautious Hockey Team Defeats Brown, 5-1 | 2/23/1955 | See Source »

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