Piper
['paɪpə] or ['paɪpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone who plays the bagpipe.
(noun.) type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs.
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Definition
(n.) See Pepper.
(n.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
(n.) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
(n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
Editor: Moore
Examples
- Anastasia Piper, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Piper sworn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now, Mrs. Piper, what have you got to say about this? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Piper pushed forward by Mrs. Perkins. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had mumbled but a lame mass an thou hadst broken my jaw, for the piper plays ill that wants the nether chops. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor I either, uncle, said Wamba; I greatly fear we shall have to pay the piper. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Grasshoppers skipped briskly in the sere grass, and crickets chirped like fairy pipers at a feast. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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