tippler
Example Sentences
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His portraits of Viennese cafe “types” — the clumsy waiter, the morose writer, the street tippler helping himself to drinks from an outdoor table — are grotesque but funny.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2011
At pay-for-your-own drink parties in the London Hilton, the typical tippler has cut his intake from six to four.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eng was a sobersided teetotaler; Chang a temperamental tippler.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pilferer becomes a successful tradesman in a large and questionable way; the tippler finds himself sober and attended by the daughter of his heart's desire; various married folk get re-sorted; and so forth.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 by Various
Richard did as he was bidden, the little reason left him being concentrated wholly on the convincing of his fellow tippler.
From Mistress Wilding by Sabatini, Rafael
