Associations to the word «Toper»

Wiktionary

TOPER, noun. (now literary) Someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.

Dictionary definition

TOPER, noun. A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats