Toper \ TOH-puhr \ (noun) - One who drinks frequently or to excess.
"But there remains a core of bottom-line voters to whom the promise of tax cuts is as seductive as gin to a toper. -- David Nyhan, 'Tax cuts for all - wheee!'
Toper is formed from the verb tope, "to drink," originally an interjection used in proposing a toast, from French tope!, "agreed!" from toper, "to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, to agree."
"But there remains a core of bottom-line voters to whom the promise of tax cuts is as seductive as gin to a toper. -- David Nyhan, 'Tax cuts for all - wheee!'
Toper is formed from the verb tope, "to drink," originally an interjection used in proposing a toast, from French tope!, "agreed!" from toper, "to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, to agree."
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