The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt.1974, Raoul Walsh, “Hail to the Chief”, in Each Man in His Time: The Life Story of a Director, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →LCCN, page 254:
What's your tipple?2001, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, “New Girl”, in The Office, season 1, episode 5 (television production), spoken by David Brent (Ricky Gervais):
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I know nothing about vino nero, and have always vaguely thought it a tipple from Sicily. I have never associated it with Venice.2015 April 22, Sam Jordison, quoting Jan Morris, “Jan Morris talks about Venice”, in The Guardian:
But not a drop to drink … Love Islanders are limited to two tipples a day.2022 July 18, Amelia Tait, “‘Alcohol is a hand grenade’: how reality TV went from boozy Big Brother to nosecco Love Island”, in The Guardian:
tipple
verb
Etymology Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
1
To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
2
Ambitransitive To drink too much alcohol.
3
To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
4
To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
5
To fall over; to topple.
The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth.1928, The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review, page 476:
After taking a few moments to recover he turned and meandered towards the closest Supergun, ramming it from the side and watching as it tippled over.2017, Christopher Lee, Margaret the Abomination: