2. Noun. A session of drinking alcohol. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tippling
1. tipple [v] - See also: tipple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tippling
Literary usage of Tippling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"«X À tippling house Is "either a house In which tippling and drinking la allowed,
... 'tippling house" has a definite and well-understood meaning in the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"DISORDERLY, tippling, AND BAWDY-HOUSES. 1. Definitions and Characteristics.
§ 2392. Independently of special statutes, a disorderly house, when kept in such ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"The charter gave the city power to restrain prohibit, and suppress tippling shops.
It was held that, so far as "restrain" included the power to restrain by ..."
4. Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: A Treatise on the General by Frederick Pollock, Gustavus Henry Wald, Samuel Williston (1906)
"Small debts for spirits by tippling Act, 34 Geo. a; for beer, &c., by County
Courts Act, 1888. By the Act 24 Geo. 2, c. 40, s. 12, commonly known as the ..."
5. Principles of Contract: A Treatise on the General Principles Concerning the by Frederick Pollock (1889)
"tne tippling Act, no debt can be recovered for spirituous Small liquors supplied
in quantities of less than twenty shillings' i"*811 By the Act 24 Geo. ..."
6. Commentaries on the Law of Statutory Crimes: Including the Written Laws and by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1901)
"tippling-shops; III. The nuisance of keeping a building for illegal sales; IV.
The keeping open of liquor-selling places at forbidden times. ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"KEEPING tippling HOUSE.—The mere charge that the defendant, prior to finding the
indictment, was guilty of keeping a tippling house, is generally a ..."
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