From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en]. “Seller” sense from 1396; “drinker” sense from 1580.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A seller of alcoholic liquor s; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern.
2. * 1567 , regulation, quoted in 1894 , William John Monk, _History of Witney_ , page 111:
3. *: It is decrede that no TIPPLER shall allow any unlawful games in his howse.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | date=April 13 1641 | chapter= _By the Major._ The Order of the House of Commons to the Lord _Major_ , for the due observing the Sabbath day | title=Speeches and passages of this great and happy Parliament | page=400
|passage=[...] and that expresse charge be given to every keeper of any
Tavern, Inne, Cookshouse, Tobacco-house, Alehouse, or any other TIPLER or
victualler whatsoever within your ward, [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1876 | author=Stephen Dowell | title=A sketch of the history of Taxes in England from the earliest times to the present day, vol. 1 | page=356
|text=and a penalty is omposed on the sale or delivery of any ale or beer,
except for household use, to any person who sells it as a common TIPPLER or
ale-house keeper, unless he has a license in force.}}
1. A habitual drinker ; a bibber .
2. * [book=VII]
3. * [1=en]
4. A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
5. [en] An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A minecart , a lorry .
6. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1955 | author=New South Wales. Department of Mines | title=Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales | page=44
|passage=Ackers was working as a TIPPLER operator. His mate, L. Beveridge,
saw that Ackers had tipped a full skip and Beveridge allowed another full skip
to gravitate to Acker's TIPPLER.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] One who works at a tipple .
3. [en] , a revolving frame or cage in which a truck or wagon is inverted to discharge its load.
4. * [en]
**** Synonyms
- [drinker] [en] ; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
**** Translations
[seller of liquors]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[habitual drinker]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Finnish: [fi] [heavy drinker] , [fi] [not so heavy, but regular]
- Latin: [la]
- Persian: [fa]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
[trans-bottom]
[breed of pigeon] [trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
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