tippler
/ˈtɪplə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
noun
An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A minecart, a lorry.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "It is decrede that no tippler shall allow any unlawful games in his howse."
- "[...] and that expresse charge be given to every keeper of any Tavern, Inne, Cookshouse, Tobacco-house, Alehouse, or any other tipler or victualler whatsoever within your ward, [...]"
- "and a penalty is omposed on the sale or delivery of any ale or beer, except for household use, to any person who sells it as a common tippler or ale-house keeper, unless he has a license in force."
- "[…]they had picked up two fellows in that day’s march, one of which, he said, was as fine a man as ever he saw (meaning the tippler),"
- "He had, in truth, drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections[.]"
- "Ackers was working as a tippler operator. His mate, L. Beveridge, saw that Ackers had tipped a full skip and Beveridge allowed another full skip to gravitate to Acker's tippler."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtɪplə/