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Synonyms for kipper

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kip-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪp ər

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Définition of kipper

Origin :
  • Old English cypera "male salmon," perhaps related to coper "reddish-brown metal" (see copper), on resemblance of color. Another theory connects it to kip, name for the sharp, hooked lower jaw of the male salmon in breeding season, from Middle English kippen "to snatch, tug, pull." The modern word usually refers to kippered herring, from a verb meaning "to cure a fish by cleaning, salting, and spicing it" (early 14c.). The theory is that this originally was done to salmon, hence the name.
  • As in cure : verb cook, age food
Example sentences :
  • Kipper is also applied to salmon which has undergone the process of kippering (which see).
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • A northern term for a female fish, as kipper is for the male.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • "Kipper's" rig-out must have totted up to a tidy little sum.
  • Extract from : « The Observations of Henry » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Then he had a kipper—not out of a tin, either—and bacon and eggs and toast and marmalade.
  • Extract from : « Air Men o' War » by Boyd Cable
  • Be that as it may, Kipper was no favourite in the country of his exile.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 26, 1895 » by Various
  • He meditated profoundly over his kipper and his kidney and bacon.
  • Extract from : « Kipps » by H. G. Wells
  • I'd been there about a fortnight, and was feeling pretty sick of it, when in walked young "Kipper."
  • Extract from : « The Observations of Henry » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • "Kipper" never touched a penny of her money, but if he had been her agent at twenty-five per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Observations of Henry » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • But while we are discussing politics Kipper and the stagbeetle are still in danger.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 2nd, 1895 » by Various
  • Very sad, therefore, was the poor girl as she approached the place of Kipper's disaster.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 2nd, 1895 » by Various

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