What does "tipple" mean?
Tipple: To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
- 3.Liquor taken in tippling; drink. Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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