Tippling
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verb.
Present participle of
tipple
.
noun.
A
session
of drinking
alcohol
.
Word Usage
"(commonly called the tippling exciseman,) had unexpectedly departed this life by mistaking the steep staircase of the Mermaid for a single step, one night when his brain was more than usually beclouded."
verb-stem
tipple