tipple TIP-uhl, verb:
1. To drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
2. To drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.
noun:
1. Intoxicating liquor.
2. A device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
Although we're pretty sure that soccer fans will find a way to tipple with or without the council's thumbs-up, it's nice to know that the city's bar owners can get in on the action.
-- Karon Liu, "City May Allow Soccer Fans-to Drink at-10 a.m. During-World Cup," Toronto Life
"I'm so pleased so many people came out today, including many who have never voted before. I will have a quick tipple today then the real work starts on Monday."
-- Rory O'Keeffe, "Conservative Penny Mordaunt swept to victory in Portsmouth
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