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tipple — 1. n. liquor; strong liquor. □ This is mighty fine tipple. □ A little more tipple, Tom? 2. tv. & in. to drink liquor; to sip at a vessel of liquor. □ He’s been tippling beer since early morning. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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tip — 1. to copulate with In former Scottish use, the rams tipped the ewes, whence the proverb: Tip where you will, you shall lamb with the leave. In modern American use, to tip means to copulate with other than your regular sexual partner … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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