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Shrimp

noun

Disparaging terms for small people. Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt.

Any of various edible decapod crustaceans. Synonym: prawn.

Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible.

verb

Fish for shrimp.

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— The Rangeland Avenger • Max Brand

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— Milly and Olly • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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— The Crimson Tide • Robert W. Chambers

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