“Ye poor wretched drunkard, social drinker, or fashionable tippler!”

“A girl also needs peace to reapply her lippy, regroup and prepare for the next merciless assault on some feckless tippler.”

“This is despite the fact that we pay far more tax on our bottle than the average tippler on the continent.”

“He didn't even come back to gulp down the full glass of his favorite tipple, which then stands forlornly on the table where he left it.”

“Your mother and I will be having cocktails before cocktails, and if you promise to be good, you can have a tipple of champagne.”

“The main worry, though, concerns many more people than this minority of daily tipplers.”

“Placing the bottles on the table for tipplers may be less elegant, but it resolves the dilemma.”

“Cheap booze, an eclectic clientele and a stubborn refusal to move with the times have drawn generations of tipplers.”