tippler

1. (obsolete) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern.Examples: "It is decrede that no tippler shall allow any unlawful games in his howse."; "[...] and that expresse charge be given to every keeper of any Tavern, Inne, Cookshouse, Tobacco-house, Alehouse, or any other tipler or victualler whatsoever within your ward, [...]"; "and a penalty is omposed on the sale or delivery of any ale or beer, except for household use, to any person who sells it as a common tippler or ale-house keeper, unless he has a license in force."obsolete

2. (UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A minecart, a lorry.Examples: "Ackers was working as a tippler operator. His mate, L. Beveridge, saw that Ackers had tipped a full skip and Beveridge allowed another full skip to gravitate to Acker's tippler."; "A shaft runround was made to conduct the empties from the tippler to the empty side of the shaft where they would rejoin the old circuit."UK

3. (mining) One who works at a tipple.