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Kipper

Kipper Meaning & Definition
Kipper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kipper?

[n] salted and smoked herring

Synonyms | Synonyms for Kipper: kippered herring

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See Also | herring

Kipper In Webster's Dictionary

\Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. {Kipe}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning. 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.] {Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
\Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered salmon.'' --Dickens.
\Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.]

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