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dipper

/ˈdɪpɚ/ sustantivo C2

En español: mirlo acuático, cucharón

  1. One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
  2. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
  3. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
  4. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce. · chicken dippers
  5. Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
  6. A pickpocket. (slang)
  7. A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
  8. A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.

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Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.
The Jungle Book, p. 76 · B2

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