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Tippler vs Toper - What's the difference?

tippler | toper |

As nouns the difference between tippler and toper

is that tippler is a seller of alcoholic liquors while toper is someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.

tippler

English

(wikipedia tippler)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A seller of alcoholic liquors.
  • A habitual drinker; a bibber.
  • *
    • they had picked up two fellows in that day’s march, one of which, he said, was as fine a man as ever he saw (meaning the tippler ),
  • A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
  • (UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.

    • Synonyms

    * (drinker) bibber

    toper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.

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