tippler
noun
[ ˈtɪplə ]
• a habitual drinker of alcohol.
Similar:
drinker,
serious drinker,
hard drinker,
problem drinker,
alcoholic,
drunk,
drunkard,
dipsomaniac,
inebriate,
sot,
boozer,
imbiber,
alky,
lush,
barfly,
sponge,
souse,
dipso,
wino,
soak,
juicehead,
hophead,
toper,
tosspot,
piss artist,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a retailer of alcoholic liquor): of unknown origin.
tippler
noun
• a revolving frame or cage in which a truck is inverted to discharge its load.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from dialect tipple ‘tumble over’ + -er1.
