tipple

n a demure, civilised drink. Usually of sherry, Martini or some other light spirit measure. You grandmother might acquiesce to a tipple before dinner. My grandmother, as it happens, acquiesced to several tipples before dinner, and a few after.

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Eating and Drinking

Related words

tea-break, the razz, toad in the hole, tomato sauce

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