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
I ran, followed by a dozen idlers, to the stern of the boat, and presently the helpless tippler appeared again.
From Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Optic, Oliver
