Tipple

  • 81mine layout — A mining and railroad term for switching facilities for moving cars to and from the tipple. Raymond City Coal & Transp. Corp. v New York Cent. R. Co. (CA6 Ohio) 103 F2d 56. See tipple …

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  • 82tip|ple — tip|ple1 «TIHP uhl», verb, pled, pling, noun. –v.t., v.i. to drink (alcoholic liquor) often or too much: »I took to the bottle and tried to tipple away my cares (Washington Irving). –n. an alcoholic liquor; strong drink. ╂[origin uncertain.… …

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  • 83Bib — Bib, v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple. [1913 Webster] He was constantly bibbing. Locke. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Bib — Bib, Bibbe Bibbe, v. t. [L. bibere. See {Beverage}, and cf. {Imbibe}.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 85Bibbe — Bib Bib, Bibbe Bibbe, v. t. [L. bibere. See {Beverage}, and cf. {Imbibe}.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 86boose — Booze Booze (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.… …

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  • 87Booze — (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also… …

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  • 88Boozed — Booze Booze (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.… …

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  • 89Boozing — Booze Booze (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.… …

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  • 90bouse — Booze Booze (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.… …

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