tipple
- Noun. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
- Noun. (rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
- Noun. (slang) Any alcoholic drink.
- Verb. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. (defdate, from earlier 16th c.) .
- Verb. To drink too much alcohol. (defdate, from mid-16th c.) .
- Verb. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
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