tipple


3tipple

noun

Definition of TIPPLE

1
: a place where or an apparatus by which cars (as for coal) are loaded or emptied
2
: a coal-screening plant

Origin of TIPPLE

English dialect tipple to tip over, frequentative of English 1tip
First Known Use: 1880

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