Toper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtəʊpə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Toper is a noun meaning (now literary) Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.
Meaning
(now literary) Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.
Example Sentences
A Toper this! He plied his glass / More strictly than he said the Mass, […]
“Well, if you ask me, Barney is a combination of eight ball, mick, and shonicker,” said McArdle, one of the corner topers.
[…] Mrs. Irons rebelled in her bed, and refused peremptorily to get up again, to furnish the musical topers with rum and lemons, […]
The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.
Word Forms
- topers
Synonyms for toper
Depending on context, synonyms include alcoholic, drunkard, tosspot, alco, alkie, bacchanal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drinker, imbiber, wino, drunkard, soak, barfly.
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Sources & Attribution
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