Definition of "tippling" [tippling]

• Present participle of tipple. (verb)
• A session of drinking alcohol. (noun)

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• "(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."
• "It was customary for instance for the publican to have a table of penalties against "tippling" actually posted up in his licensed house, so that both he and his customers might see what might be the consequences, but as they often could not read they were probably not much the wiser, except for a common idea that the Parish Stocks stood outside on the village green, or in the town street."
• "I just was have second thoughts and a question about what "tippling" really was."