a. colloq. [f. TIPPLE v.3 + -Y.] Apt to ‘tipple’ or tip over; unsteady; = TIPPY a.2
1906. Westm. Gaz., 11 June, 8/2. A narrow river crowded … with pleasure-craft—launches and ‘party-boats,’ safe tubs and tipply canoes.
a. colloq. [f. TIPPLE v.3 + -Y.] Apt to ‘tipple’ or tip over; unsteady; = TIPPY a.2
1906. Westm. Gaz., 11 June, 8/2. A narrow river crowded … with pleasure-craft—launches and ‘party-boats,’ safe tubs and tipply canoes.
