What Does Tippling House Mean?
N. 1. a House in Which Liquors Are Sold in Drams or Small Quantities, to Be Drunk on the Premises. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Published 1913 by...
n. 1. A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G.
What are tippling houses?
A place where intoxicating driuks are sold in drams or small quantities to be drunk on the premises, and where men resort for drinking purposes.
What was tippling?
To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess. n. Alcoholic liquor. [Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]