Transferred, in various senses, to persons. Applied opprobriously or contemptuously to a man: cf. dog, n.1 5a; a detested, mean, or despicable man…

spec. One who indulges to excess in intoxicating liquor; a tippler, a drunkard.

A toss-pot, drunkard.

one who drains the cup greedily, a tosspot.

One who continues at the bowl; a tippler, a drunkard. Cf. bowl-fellow n. at bowl, n.1 compounds 2.

One who frequents a tavern or taverns; a tippler. Obsolete.

A person who frequents public houses; a drunkard. Obsolete.

A tippler, a drunkard. Now literary and archaic.

One who drinks frequently; a tippler. (Frequent in combination, as wine-bibber, beer-bibber, etc.)

One who habitually ‘swills the bowl’ or drinks to excess; a toper, drunkard.

A lover of malt beer (whisky, etc.); a heavy drinker. Now archaic.

a drinker.

A drinker, a tippler.

A person who frequents public houses; a drunkard.

One accustomed to toss off his pot of drink; a heavy drinker; a toper, drunkard.

a drunkard.

transitive. To cause to pass from one to another, hand round among the company present; esp. in phrase to troll the bowl. Hence troll-the-bowl as…

= malt-worm, n. 2.

a hard drinker.

A tar-coated, leather beer mug; (also) a drinker, toper. Cf. black bowl n. at black, adj. n.compounds 1e(a). Now historical and rare.

= ale knight, n.

jocularly. A swiller of (liquor). Scottish. Obsolete.

= suck-bottle, n. 2; also attributive.

A hard drinker, a bouser.

One who drinks much, a tippler, bouser.

one addicted to his cups.

An immoderate drinker; a drunkard. Cf. 3b.

One who carouses.

to have onor wear a barley-cap: to be tipsy; hence barley-cap = tippler.

One who drinks greedily or to excess.

A heavy drinker.

figurative. Frequently humorous. A member of a group regarded as one's enemies, or into whose hands one would not wish to fall; a foe, a…

An immoderate drinker; a soaker.

one who drinks valiantly.

? a drunkard.

A person who passes a drinking pot around; (hence) a drunkard.

slang. With the. Drunkards as a class. Cf. sense A. 4a. Obsolete. rare.

? a tippler.

One who bouses; a toper, guzzler, drunkard.

one given to drinking or tippling.

= suck-bottle, n. 2.

a toper, tippler, ‘toss-pot’.

bib-all-night: a drunkard, confirmed toper.

(a) a man given to drinking alcohol after the midday meal; a habitual drinker of alcohol; (b) a late or lazy man (cf. afternoon farmer n.).

A drunkard. Cf. poetling, n.

A bacchanal, a drunken reveller, a tippler.

figurative. A toper. Obsolete. See also bumbard, n. adj.

A drunken person, a drunkard. rare.

A drunkard.

figurative. In contempt, A person who is a mere receptacle for liquor; a toper.

Apparently: a small boat or barge; (also) a type of bumboat. Cf. tumbril boat n. at compounds 2. Obsolete.

A drunkard, a mere ‘wine-bag’.

an insatiable drinker; a drunkard.

a hard drinker.

A tippler.

a drunkard.

The god of wine; hence, wine, intoxicating liquor. son of Bacchus: a tippler.

Cant. ? A drinker. Obsolete.

A tippler. Also as a quasi-proper name.

one who swills a bowl (flagon, pot), an excessive drinker, a toper.

A person who drinks alcohol; a drunkard.

A drinker; a tippler or toper.

old soaker. An old hand at drinking; a regular toper.

a tippler, sot.

figurative (usually old toast). One who drinks to excess, a soaker, a boon companion; a brisk old fellow fond of his glass. slang. Obsolete.

A person who steals tableware from a public house; (also) a heavy drinker. Also occasionally: a drinking bowl.

One who topes or drinks a great deal; a hard drinker; a drunkard.

(a piece of) toast dipped in ale; (figurative) a drunkard.

A priest, priestess, or inspired votary of Bacchus; hence, a drunken reveller, roysterer.

One who fuddles, a tippler.

a great drinker.

see quots.

spec. A habitual drinker of ‘whets’ (whet, n. 2b); a dram-drinker. ? Obsolete.

One whose profession is to make drawings, plans, or sketches; a man employed or skilled in drawing or designing.

Scottish. A hard drinker. Obsolete. (Cf. bend, v. 23.)

one addicted to drinking drams, a tippler.

a red blotch on the face, caused by excessive drinking; (also) a person who drinks alcohol excessively, a drunkard.

An immoderate drinker; a toper.

A drunken reveller.

One who boozes; a tippler. See bouser, n.

a hard drinker; a drunkard, an alcoholic.

A heavy drinker; a tippler.

In figurative or allusive use. brother of the spigot, knight of the spigot, man of the spigot, son of the spigot, a tapster; a seller of liquor; an…

a person who drinks a lot; a hard drinker.

figurative. A person who drinks copiously or to excess; a drunkard.

English regional (Yorkshire). A drunkard; someone who sits and drinks for extended periods. Obsolete.

a man addicted to cups, a reveller.

A copious drinker. slang or colloquial.

A drunkard.

a drunkard.

A conceited or contemptible person (see also quot. 1889). U.S. slang.

A heavy drinker, a drunkard. Obsolete.

= tipsifier n.

one who tipsifies (in quots., one who gets drunk, a tippler or toper).

A person who pegs (in various senses of the verb).

(a) A drunkard. (b) A swindler.

one who tosses off drink.

One who is excessively self-indulgent, especially one who drinks excessively.

a tramp, spec. one who is habitually drunk (cf. bum, n.6 3).

A drunk.

slang. A drunkard (see also quot. 1969). Cf. A. 2e.

A drunkard. slang (chiefly U.S.).

a drunkard.

A worthless, clumsy, or inept person; a ‘down and out’, a drunkard.

a heavy drinker.

a drunkard.

Intoxicated, drunk. Also (U.S.) as n., a drunkard.

a drunkard.

A person who engages in binge drinking, esp. habitually.

a confirmed or heavy drinker, a drunkard; also in extended use, esp. as a general term of abuse.

A drunkard, a tippler. New Zealand slang.