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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tippler, Tipler, n. [ME and e.m.E. tipelar (1396) a tapster, typpler (1580) a drinker, tipler (1622).] A habitual drinker of alcohol. — 1635 Dickson Wr. 85.
Woe to the drunkard and tippler! 1651 Strathbogie Presb. 196.
He … was no tipler nor ailhouseman a1658 Durham Commandments 233.
Are they not the tiplers, even they that tarry long at the strong drink? drink how much or how little they will? 1661 Fugitive Poetry II xxxiii 1/1.
A pettie band Off tiplers 1693 Rothesay Par. Rec. 90.
[They] are appoynted to go through the town in tyme of sermon and search for tiplers