subs. (old).—1. A special brew of ale: named after Mr. Thomas Tipper: also BRIGHTON TIPPER.
1843. DICKENS, Martin Chuzzlewit, xxv. If they draws the BRIGHTON TIPPER here, I takes that ale at night.
1860. M. A. LOWER, Patronymica Britannica,. s.v. TIPPER. … The peculiarity of this beverage arises from its being brewed from brackish water, which is obtainable from one well only; and all attempts to imitate the flavour have hitherto failed.
2. See TIP, subs. 1 and 2.
