[f. TIPPLE v.1 + -ING2.] That tipples.
† 1. That carries on the business of a tippler (TIPPLER1 1); that sells liquor by retail. Obs.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl., Harrow. Hell (Shaks. Soc.), II. 82. With all tiplinge tapsters that are cuninge, Mysspendinge moche maulte, brewinge so theyne.
1552. Huloet, Typplyng wyfe, stabularia mulier.
2. That habitually indulges (to some excess) in strong drink; given to drinking.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 59. One of these tipling Tinckers robbed by the high way iiij Pallyards.
1693. J. Edwards, Author. O. & N. Test., 210. Bacchus the poets tippling deity.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xlviii. That tippling body, the Captain.
1872. J. Timbs, Clubs & Club Life, I. 146. A merry company of tippling citizens and jocular change-brokers.