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Stripper   /strˈɪpər/   Listen
noun
Stripper  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, strips; specifically, A machine for stripping cards.
2.
(Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
3.
(Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from the stalks of grain plants.
4.
A solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a surface.
5.
A person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease; also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or strip-teaser.






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"Stripper" Quotes from Famous Books



... represents the feeding arrangement. Here the wool is delivered by the feed rollers, A A, in the usual manner. The longer fibers are then taken off by a comb, B, and brought forward to the stripper, E, which transfers them to the roller, H, and thence to the cylinder. The shorter fibers which are not seized by the comb fall down, but as they drop they meet a blast of air created by a fan, which throws the lighter and cleaner parts in a kind of spray upon the roller, L, whence they pass ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 • Various



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