n. 25B6; verb boys discovered tippling were punished : DRINK ALCOHOL, drink; informal booze, wet one's whistle, hit the bottle, take to the bottle; Brit. informal bevvy; N. Amer. informal bend one's elbow; archaic tope.
25B6; noun (informal) their favourite tipple was claret : ALCOHOLIC DRINK, drink, liquor; informal booze, poison.