vasculador
English translation: tippler
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| 21:50 Jul 15, 2007 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / bottles | |||||||
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tippler Explanation: Must be "Basculador", anyway: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2007-07-15 22:14:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- tipple –noun 1. a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents. And, by the way, that means that the word is "TIPPLE", not "TIPPLER"... |
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tilter Explanation: Basculador http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pQz4YV_TwCQJ:www.prober... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=tilter bot... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 293 days (2008-05-04 09:20:16 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- How can tippler be correct? ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. tippler - someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities social drinker imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 293 days (2008-05-04 09:23:03 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- 2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tippler \Tip"pler\, n. 1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] --Latimer. 2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: tippler n : someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities [syn: {social drinker}] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 293 days (2008-05-04 09:24:52 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Andrea You need to change the glossary entry to TIPPLE as Psicutrinius has said.. otherwise it is a nonsense -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 293 days (2008-05-04 09:25:05 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- unless it is tippler truck |
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