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Tipper

//ˈtɪpɚ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.

    "The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world."

  2. 2
    A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.

    "a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper"

  3. 3
    truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity wordnet
  4. 4
    A small moustache. slang
  5. 5
    a person who leaves a tip wordnet
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  1. 6
    A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck. UK
  2. 7
    A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
  3. 8
    One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
  4. 9
    A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
  5. 10
    A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).

    "The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tip + -er.

Etymology 2

So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

Etymology 3

Probably an occupational surname for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe (“head, tip”).

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