Some covered up their tippling by replacing the de-icer alcohol with water.

Despite rumors about Grant's tippling, he stuck to coffee.

"You mean you'll miss all the festive tippling, later?"

Another said a zero-tolerance crackdown was the only way to prevent under-age tippling.

Are they noted for their tippling?

"Retief, kindly defer your tippling until after the crisis!"

Drug habit or solitary tippling, perhaps.

She had an overwhelming fear of syphilis, and the pattern of her tippling was similar to that with other addictive substances.

Comparatively, brewing and tippling were predominantly female trades that women could operate independently or in equal conjunction with their husband.

Arrive late for a truly eclectic crowd, including lots of students, and an atmosphere that can go from quiet tippling to raucous revelry.

First dear, fat, lovable Boris Yeltsin with his tippling on the sly and his trips to the health farm.

The table top was already deeply scored with a pattern of interlacing rings, an artefact of years of solitary tippling.

After a week of heavy tippling, the Captain-- to everyone's relief--had quietly resumed his command.

The moth makes the most of his tippling, raising his internal sodium levels to more than eight times that of a nonpuddling Gluphisia.

"He laughs right in the middle of scenes," says Cloris Leachman, who played Deborah's tippling, truth-telling mother.

In science's diligent search for origins of the universe, archeologists have made a discovery that puts a frothy head on the origins of human tippling.

When Fasilides came on deck he was showing the effects of the previous evening's tippling, but he and the servant spoke rapidly in the Geez language.

Below Nobscot Hill is the Nobscot Reservation including Tippling Rock.

This has resulted in city establishment "The Tippling House" having to increase their nightly supply of pickle brine to ensure that the drink can stay available.

A rollicking finale finds the entire company reprising "Cake and Ale," Mr. Mills's tribute to the salubrious power of excessive tippling.

K Map The place for serious beer drinkers, with over eight classics on draught and more in the bottle than you could possibly manage in a weekend of heavy tippling.

'That disorderly tippling in taverns, ale-houses, coffee-houses, and cellars be severely looked unto, as the common sin of this time and greatest occasion of dispersing the plague.

Confronted with Annie's suspicions, Georgia simply decides to destroy the social worker who threatens a lifestyle that includes secret tippling, a chauffeured Rolls-Royce and gambling jaunts to Cuba.

There were also six bottles of wine, three of a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and three of Chateau Batailley '94, a quality too good for casual tippling.

Afterwards we shall gather at the College Inn and Pub for assorted celebratory tippling, and then head en masse down to the Cinerama for the 7-ish viewing of 2001.

The first tipple was built in 1910 and used until 1936.

The mine worked above average until 1924 when the old tipple burned.

Mine No. 1 was also closed shortly after the fire at the tipple.

No one would think of hoarding a year's stock for such a free tipple.

Not a drunkard, but a man who liked his tipple.

Another strong point is the wine list, with a wide selection of Australian tipples.

One whole wall is taken up by the wine selection, so you won't be short of a tipple.

To accompany your meals, there are plenty of tipples on offer.

And you might be better off if you put a tipple on the old racing today.

The tipple had four loading tracks with a capacity of 80 cars.

The area around the coal tipple is fenced off for public safety.

It's full of museum pieces and is a good bet for a quieter tipple.

Car oil, so I've been told, is their tipple.

The mine features the last wooden coal tipple in Canada.

Enjoy a little festive cheer with our top Christmas tipples.

One tipple always seems to lead to another.

I am pregnant and therefore avoiding alcohol but missing a tipple!

Problem drinkers are so called because their beloved tipple has become a curse.

In 1920, this was the largest coal tipple in the world.

Free guided visits, culminating in a tipple, take place during opening hours.

The company says it's all down to convincing young people that cider is a fashionable tipple.

Go back and find yourself a brazier and a tipple.

Built in 1936, the tipple is a coal loading and sorting machine.

As Libya is a dry country, it would have to be a non-alcoholic tipple.

Given the fondness of the aristocracy for a tipple there have no doubt been several.

"They'll be tippling at the reception if I know these girls."

"Then you'll have to tipple right out of the bottle."

Now just tippling out of his sixth decade - could it be true?

He made his fortune by tippling the old ladies.

Neither do the crowds of tippling businessmen we had been warned to expect.

I might have to tipple after the service.

If he's tippled too much while we were fixing the motors, he might not be back at all."

It began to tipple as the rowan bent under the strain.

A band of energy tippled through the sky, sparking and crackling.

I imagine he could be a nuisance and tiresome when tippling from the bottle.

When her mug had been refilled, she tippled and looked around idly.

Trouble is, I throw up when I tipple too much.

Moult, they said, had undoubtedly been tippling all day.

In the quiet comfort of London clubs, gin could be tippled with impunity.

Amusement tippled through the Group and relaxed us.

Matt had found a bottle of wine and was tippling as I headed for the front of the door.

He was definitely tippling on the plane.

Elmer tries to blot out his misery by discreetly tippling.

"I'd say that kid's been tippling a little too much firewater, himself," Li chuckled.

The boss likes, shall we say, to tipple.

Muscles tippled beneath the first officer's bearded jaw.

And once I start tippling it's hard to tell when it's too much until it's too late.

At the same time, it frames the liquor's boldness in a way that still gets the nod from those who normally tipple neat.

I only hope the boat won't tipple over!'