Meanings (ES + gloss)
era
An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
volquete
An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
Alternative form: tippler
bebistrajo • botella • chato • chiquito • copa • trago
Any alcoholic drink.
The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt.
What's your tipple?
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No hay frases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
beber como un cosaco
To drink too much alcohol.
copear • empinar el codo • mojar la canal maestra • pimplar • soplar • tomar • trincar
To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets.
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