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tipper

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noun/ˈtɪpɚ//ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/
  1. 1

    Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.

    • The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
  2. 2

    A small moustache.slang

  3. 3

    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

  4. 4

    A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.

  5. 5

    One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.

  6. 6

    A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.

  7. 7

    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.

ant. nontipper

noun/ˈtɪpɚ//ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/
  1. 1

    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

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