tippling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TIP'PLING, participle present tense Indulging in the habitual use of strong or spiritus liquors. TIP'PLING, noun The habitual practice of drinking strong or spiritus liquors; a drinking to excess.
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