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

But it never pays to manhandle that particular brand of tippler.

From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold

Mr. Marquis's The Old Soak, a post-prohibition portrait of a genial old tippler, is perhaps the most vital bit of American humor since Mr. Dooley—some say since Mark Twain.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan