Tippling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tippled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tippling}.] [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf.
     Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a
     draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small
     parts. See {Tip} a point, and cf. {Tipsy}.]
     To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge


     in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors;
     especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but
     without absolute drunkeness.
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           Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and
           those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple
           in alehouses than to pace the streets.   --Macaulay.
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