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What (who) is Tipple - definition
STRUCTURE USED AT A MINE TO LOAD THE EXTRACTED PRODUCT FOR TRANSPORT
Coal tipple
 (cropped2).jpg?width=200 "Coal tipple in Belmont County, Ohio, 1923")
Tipple
·noun Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
II. Tipple ·vt To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
III. Tipple ·vt To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
IV. Tipple ·add. ·noun An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.
V. Tipple ·vi To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
tipple
¦ verb drink alcohol regularly.
¦ noun informal an alcoholic drink.
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'sell alcoholic drink by retail'): back-form from tippler1.
tipple
(tipples)
A person's tipple is the alcoholic drink that they usually drink. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
My favourite tipple is a glass of port.
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Wikipedia
Tipple
A tipple is a structure used at a mine to load the extracted product (e.g., coal, ores) for transport, typically into railroad hopper cars. In the United States, tipples have been frequently associated with coal mines, but they have also been used for hard rock mining.
Examples of use of Tipple
1. Or it could be No 10‘s regular summertime tipple.
2. The tipple of necessity for thinking Tories may yet turn out to be hemlock.
3. IF YOU DO decide to hit the booze today, take your first tipple after dark.
4. Wine is not the favourite tipple of bingers, men or women.
5. The name of their tipple, however, is replaced by the number of units it contains.