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Spanish: vasculador

English translation: tippler



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Spanish term or phrase:basculador
English translation:tippler
Entered by:psicutrinius
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Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / bottles
Spanish term or phrase: vasculador
Es una de las partes de una maquina sopladora de botellas.

alguna ayudita?? gracias!
Andrea Wright
Ecuador
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Andrea Wright: 3:35am Jul 16, 2007: Efectivamente la palabra esta mal escrita en el original es "basculador"

tippler
Explanation:
Must be "Basculador", anyway:

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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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psicutrinius
Spain
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4tilterliz askew
4tippler
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tippler

Explanation:
Must be "Basculador", anyway:

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Note added at 23 mins (2007-07-15 22:14:09 GMT)
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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"...

psicutrinius
Spain
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tilter

Explanation:
Basculador

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=tilter+bot...

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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)

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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}]

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Andrea

You need to change the glossary entry to


TIPPLE


as Psicutrinius has said..

otherwise it is a nonsense

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unless
it is

tippler truck

liz askew
United Kingdom
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