as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
a golfing foursome of modest tipplers heading for the nineteenth hole after a round
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Noun
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Her father was an alcoholic, while her mother, separately, was in an abusive relationship, eventually leading Tui to find a home at a women’s refuge.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025 -
An alcoholic, my mother was highly abusive, both psychologically and physically.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the play’s finest scene, a sympathetic drunk (Trevor Fox) tries to reel Moat back from his horrors.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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That’s different from dealing with homosexual drunks.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Tippler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippler. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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