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tipple

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tipple
1. a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc., so that they discharge their load
2. a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded
tipple [′tip·əl]
(mining engineering)
The place where the mine cars are tipped and emptied of their coal.
The tracks, trestles, and screens at the entrance to a colliery, where coal is screened and loaded.
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Then, as Little John gathered his breath for a new verse, "How, now," roared forth the fat Brother, his voice coming from him like loud thunder from a little cloud, "thou naughty fellow, is this a fit place for one in thy garb to tipple and sing profane songs?
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig.
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The fact that this young woman had never moistened the selvedge edge of her soul with a less plebeian tipple than champagne, had a marked and subduing effect on Harris.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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