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The retailing of ale or other strong drink; the business of a ‘tippler’ (tippler, n.1 1). Obsolete.
the occupation or position of a vintner.
the trade of a vintner; wine-selling.
The trading of the ‘copers’ in the North Sea: see coper, n.2 Also attributive.
The sale of alcoholic drink for consumption elsewhere than at the place of sale; an instance of this (frequently in plural). Cf. off-licence, n.