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clipped

/klɪpt/ adjective B2
  1. Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.
  2. With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.
  3. Circumcised.
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He at once clipped the Jackdaw’s wings, and taking him home at night, gave him to his children.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 88 · B2
AN EAGLE was once captured by a man, who immediately clipped his wings and put him into his poultry-yard with the other birds, at which treatment the Eagle was weighed down with grief.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 98 · B2
It was a remarkable face, bold gray eyes, a strong, short-clipped, grizzled moustache, a square, projecting chin, and a humorous mouth.
The Valley of Fear, p. 92 · C1
She solemnly clipped one of Diana’s curls.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 125 · C1

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