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English

Etymology

Origin unknown but possibly from Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla).

Pronunciation

Noun

tipple (plural tipples)

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

Synonyms

Verb

to tipple (third-person singular simple present tipples, present participle tippling, simple past and past participle tippled)

  1. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. [from earlier 16th c.]
  2. To drink too much alcohol. [from mid-16th c.]
  3. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

To sell alcoholic liquor by retail
To drink too much alcohol
  • Russian: пьянствовать ru(ru), нажираться ru(ru)
  • Spanish: beber como un cosaco es(es)
to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess
  • Finnish: tissutella fi(fi)
  • French: picoler (colloquial) fr(fr), lever le coude fr(fr), s'humecter la luette fr(fr), boire fr(fr), biberonner fr(fr)
  • German: picheln de(de)
  • Russian: выпивать ru(ru)
  • Spanish: pimplar es(es), copear es(es), empinar el codo es(es), mojar la canal maestra es(es), tomar es(es), trincar es(es), soplar es(es)

 

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mines it is moved to the tipple by conveyer belt The coal is then crushed to appropriate size and loaded from silos 100 tons at a time into hopper cars of the mile long unit train The typical coal train is 100 to 110 cars long a mile of coal Each hopper car holds 100 tons of coal which lasts only 20 minutes fueling a power plant Bigger surface mines may load two

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