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Timple vs Tipple - What's the difference?

timple | tipple |

As nouns the difference between timple and tipple

is that timple is a traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia. It usually has five strings, but some have four. It is similar in size to a ukulele but has a distinctive semi-round back. A common tuning for five-string timple is A/D/F#/B/E while tipple is an area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.

As a verb tipple is

to sell alcoholic liquor by retail.

timple

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia. It usually has five strings, but some have four. It is similar in size to a ukulele but has a distinctive semi-round back. A common tuning for five-string timple is A/D/F#/B/E.
  • Anagrams

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    tipple

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
  • (rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
  • (slang) Any alcoholic drink.
  • Synonyms

    * (alcoholic drink) see

    Verb

    (tippl)
  • To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
  • To drink too much alcohol.
  • To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
  • * Macaulay
  • 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.
  • To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
  • Synonyms

    * (to drink regularly but not in excess) bibble

    Derived terms

    * tippler