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shrimp

/ʃɹɪmp/ noun B1
  1. Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The flesh of such crustaceans. (uncountable)
  3. A small, puny or unimportant person. (countable, slang, uncountable)
  4. Synonym of butterface (countable, slang, uncountable)
  5. A small penis. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) · shrimp dick

Plural shrimp

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“Soles and eels, of course,” the Gryphon replied rather impatiently: “any shrimp could have told you that.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 79 · B2

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