Toper

//ˈtoʊpɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard. literary

    "A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […]"

  2. 2
    a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) wordnet

Example

More examples

"A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […]"

Etymology

From tope + -er.

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