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  • 101Big Dipper — ☆ Big Dipper n. a dipper shaped group of stars in the constellation Ursa Major …

    English World dictionary

  • 102Scotch dipper — Scotch Scotch, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [1913 Webster] {Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}. {Scotch dipper}, or {Scotch duck} (Zo[ o]l.), the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 103double-dipper — double dip UK US /ˌdʌbl̩ˈdɪp/ verb [I] US FINANCE ► to receive income from two places, for example from a government pension while employed by the government, or from two different government pensions: »A loophole in federal law allows teachers… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 104List of birds of the Netherlands — 463 bird species have occurred in the Netherlands, along with seven introduced species. The avifauna is, of course, typical of coastal northern EuropeAnseriformesAnatidae: swans, geese and ducks * Mute Swan, Cygnus olor * Whooper Swan, Cygnus… …

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  • 105List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin — This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest.FishSalmon and Trout *Sockeye salmon *Chinook salmon *Chum salmon *Pink salmon *Coho salmon *Steelhead (rainbow trout) *Cutthroat trout *Dolly Varden trout… …

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  • 106big dipper — noun (C) 1 a small railway in a funfair, with steep slopes and sharp curves to give an exciting ride 2 the Big Dipper AmE a group of seven bright stars seen only from northern parts of the world; the plough 1 (3) BrE …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 107double dipper —    a person in receipt of bribery or a second source of income    Not taking a classic sauna, passing from the hot chamber to the cold:     Keegan was an academy graduate who had put in his thirty and retired to become a double dipper. (Clancy… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 108Little Dipper — Little Dip|per AmE the Little Dipper another name for ↑Ursa Minor, a group of bright stars …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 109big dipper — noun 1》 Brit. a roller coaster. 2》 (the Big Dipper) North American term for plough (in sense 2) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 110Big Dipper — Big′ Dip′per n. astron. the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Major resembling a dipper in outline • Etymology: 1865–70 …

    From formal English to slang