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/dˈɪpər/ Listen

noun

Dipper n.

One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

(Zool.)

(a)

A small grebe; the dabchick.

(b)

The buffel duck.

(c)

The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.

(d)

The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).

The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dipper" Quotes from Famous Books

... I'm an old man, but I can help. She's my little gal, ye see. Hand me that there dipper of water; it'll keep her from choking, may be. Now! Keep cheery, Sene! Your old father'll get ye out. Keep up good heart, child! ...

— Men, Women, and Ghosts • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

... as he strolled back to the tents and stuck a tin dipper into a wooden pail near by for a draught of cold water that had lately been taken ...

— The Fiery Totem - A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West • Argyll Saxby

... is the upper layer of milk which has been removed after standing a certain number of hours in a milk bottle or any other tall vessel with straight sides. It contains most of the cream and varying amounts of milk. It may be removed by a small cream dipper which holds one ounce, or it may be taken off with a siphon, but it should never be poured off. To obtain seven per cent top milk which is the one most ordinarily used in the preparation of top milk formulas, ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

... Mrs Beane, "don't stand sniffing and snivelling there like a great bull calf. Take the tin dipper and fetch it full of clean water. Oh, Joe, Joe! It's too late. ...

— Our Soldier Boy • George Manville Fenn

... a pretty girl 'a was. But nothing came on't. A month afore we struck camp she married a tallow-chandler's dipper of Little Nicholas Lane. I was a good deal upset about it at the time. But one gets ...

— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy

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