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clipper
noun 5name 2verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
different, little, plugged, right
VERB + CLIPPER
nail, pack, using
CLIPPER + NOUN
finger, spacecraft
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
Anything or anyone that clips.
Yes, perhaps I’d better begin there, at the moment when I […] asked a question carelessly enough of one of the locals, who was clipping a hedge in a desultory fashion nearby. […] When I passed my hedge clipper again, he said, […]
2
A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
3
Something that moves swiftly; especially:
And those were the days of clippers, and the freights were clipper-freights,
4
Something that moves swiftly; especially:
5
An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
verb
1
To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.
Rocks was having his hair clippered by another prisoner when Collins calmly walked past and sliced open the side of his face without breaking his stride.
name
1
A surname from German.
2
An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
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Yes, perhaps I’d better begin there, at the moment when I […] asked a question carelessly enough of one of the locals, who was clipping a hedge in a desultory fashion nearby. […] When I passed my hedg
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And those were the days of clippers, and the freights were clipper-freights,
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Indeed, the French may lay twenty French crowns to one, they will beat us; for they bear them on their shoulders: but it is no English treason to cut French crowns, and to-morrow the king himself will
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Rocks was having his hair clippered by another prisoner when Collins calmly walked past and sliced open the side of his face without breaking his stride.
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A clipper ship running before the wind with all her canvas spread is a sight to behold.
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Do you have a nail clipper I could use?
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