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dipper
A small aquatic bird common throughout the United States; also called the Water-witch and Hell-diver...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
a vessel with a handle at the top ofthe side like a big tin mug. That with which one dips. Theword is not Australian, but is of long standing in the UnitedStates, where it is used as a name for the constellation of the Great Bear.
1893. `Australasian Schoolmaster,' Feb.:
«These answers have not the true colonial ring of thefollowing, which purports to be the remark of the woman ofSamaria: `Sir, the well is very deep, and you haven't gota dipper.'»
A small aquatic bird common throughout the United States; also called the Water-witch and Hell-diver...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.