(n.) One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
Example Sentences:
(1) Efforts are struggling to persuade tipplers that they are not, as Samuel Johnson said , improved, merely unaware of their defects.
(2) Checking out the bargain chain’s Fulham outlet in west London, Jim McCarthy is gobsmacked by a sudden run on goldfish bowls – apparently being snapped up by students across the UK as makeshift cocktail glasses that can be shared by multiple tipplers dunking in straws.
(3) Plenty of yes voters want him out once he has delivered victory, including the Whyte and Mackay tippler and the Edinburgh lawyer who fears his authoritarian streak.
(4) Burleigh Brewing HEF, Gold Coast, Queensland The beer scene in Brisbane has really come alive in the past couple of years, driven by a handful of passion-fuelled small bars, such as Archive, The Scratch, Bitter Suite, Kerbside and Tippler’s Tap, alongside a growing number of microbreweries, including Bacchus, Green Beacon and Fortitude.