tippler

as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk a golfing foursome of modest tipplers heading for the nineteenth hole after a round

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Noun
  • If a parent is an alcoholic, their child will either also become one or never drink a drop of it in their life.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 May 2025
  • In 1978, the year after Crawford’s death, Christina published Mommie Dearest, a memoir of her childhood that alleged child abuse and portrayed the star as an emotionally volatile alcoholic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
    Julie Tremaine, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sliwa hoped that the mere presence of his Magnificent Thirteen would force petty criminals to think twice before snatching a woman’s necklace or rolling a drunk.
    Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Nora wants no part of the movie or of him, calling him a drunk who has caused the family nothing but pain.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
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“Tippler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippler. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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