tipple

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

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