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tipple

[tip-uhl] / ˈtɪp əl /
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drink
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In England, rules designed to curb hooliganism mean it’s not even possible to have a tipple “in view of the pitch” from 15 minutes before kickoff.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

To paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, I guess the rich drink different from you and me — and Sacramento is helping them tipple it up.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

They produce small amounts of a high quality product which is well worth making your summer tipple, not only for its delightful taste, but also for its positive social and environmental impact.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2024

The results suggest blueberry wine maintains some of the fruit's nutrients and the team identifies ways to optimize components in this superfood tipple.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

Before each shift began, the miners going to work came out of their houses and headed toward the tipple.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Bar directors know such prices can elicit scoffs of disbelief, but they justify the big-ticket tipples by comparing them to special-occasion items at restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

The sugar and dairy bombs are hardly light, session-able tipples.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2019

The drink list moves from traditional tipples, such as Manhattans and sazeracs, to Asian-inspired creations, such as the peach soju mule, a riff on the Moscow mule.

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2019

Local brothers David, Peter and Jack Baker, who in their previous career distributed Crystal Rock water, produce award-winning tipples, including a smooth bourbon whiskey, vodka and gin.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2018

Hundreds of coal tipples between Pittsburg and Morgan town are busily engaged in loading the fleets of coal barges that ply up and down the rivers of Ohio and Mississippi.

From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various

Walpole openly entertained his mistress there; Pitt happily tippled his port on the premises; and Disraeli penned his Endymion between parliamentary debates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The McDonoughs began writing bail bonds as a favor to lawyers who tippled at their bar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Things sprang into the air and, before they tippled to the blocks of dancing ice, a boom rolled to the woman's ears.

From Time Magazine Archive

It tippled a moment, then clove desperately upward, straight for the crow's nest of the big elm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had you tippled it, or spent it foolishly, you would have regretted parting with it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

Between “Downton” and Professor McGonagall an adoring public saw in Smith an endlessly entertaining, tippling grandmother and that endearing teacher who balanced strictness with caring.

From Salon Oct. 1, 2024

While the majority of the tippling public tends to see the category through the lens of one or two famous brands, Irish whiskey is not just one thing.

From Washington Post Mar. 12, 2021

It will take at least 22 numbers — including “Let the Good Times Roll,” “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” and “Choo, Choo Ch’Boogie” — to set the tippling cad straight.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2017

Even so, Corbyn’s critics pointed out, the institution of tippling with colleagues is never going to go away.

From The New Yorker Sep. 6, 2016

He is rated a King’s man, and would serve his master well if much tippling of healths and clearing of trenchers were yeoman service in a time of war.

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy




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