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Grammar : Noun



Definition of zippo

Origin :
  • proprietary name of a brand of cigarette lighter, patented 1934 by Zippo Manufacturing Co., Bradford, Pa.
  • As in zilch : noun nothing
  • As in nobody : noun unimportant person
  • As in nothing : noun emptiness
  • As in cipher : noun zero; nothingness
Example sentences :
  • As Frank was strolling up the street he met the two friends, for Zippo was a cousin of the captain.
  • Extract from : « Out with Garibaldi » by G. A. Henty
  • Rubini and Zippo are both certain that this woman is acting in perfect good faith.
  • Extract from : « Out with Garibaldi » by G. A. Henty
  • Zippo had rallied the men, who, gathering together, endeavoured to fight their way through their assailants.
  • Extract from : « Out with Garibaldi » by G. A. Henty
  • The fellow must have seen some of us, because he was just starting to run when, zippo, that detective had him by the collar again.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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