on the wagon vs tippler

on the wagon

prep
  • Abstaining from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up (as opposed to never having partaken); teetotal. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, wagon. 

  • Maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit. 

tippler

noun
  • A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. 

  • A habitual drinker; a bibber. 

  • An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry. 

  • One who works at a tipple. 

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