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

Wit is a creeping dotard, and Happiness he is in poor health an' can barely drag himself to me table, an' Hope is a tippler, an' Right Hand is getting the palsy.

From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Bacheller, Irving

Lecoq made such a threatening gesture that the old tippler drew back in consternation.

From Monsieur Lecoq by Gaboriau, Émile