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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; – so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

[Eng.]

tipper ‎(plural tippers)

Someone who tips, someone who gives a tip.
The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
(slang) A small moustache.
A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry.

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