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kipper

1

[ kip-er ]

noun

  1. a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
  2. this method of curing fish.
  3. a male salmon during or after the spawning season.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.

kipper

2

[ kip-er ]

noun

Australian Informal.
  1. a young Aboriginal male, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.

kipper

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
  2. a male salmon during the spawning season
  3. archaic.
    an Englishman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kipper

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kipper

3

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. informal.
    an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of kipper1

before 1000; Middle English kypre, Old English cypera spawning salmon, apparently derivative of cyperen of copper, i.e., copper-colored

Origin of kipper2

First recorded in 1835–45, kipper is from the Wiradjuri word gibirr “m”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of kipper1

Old English cypera, perhaps from coper copper 1; referring to its colour

Origin of kipper2

from a native Australian language

Origin of kipper3

C21: from k ( ids ) i ( n ) p ( arents' ) p ( ockets ) e ( roding ) r ( etirement ) ( savings )
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Britain's longest-serving Royal Mail postman has recalled hand-delivering turkeys, kippers and last-minute gifts for Christmas as his record 60 years comes to an end.

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That game last year was rugby's equivalent of a slap across the face with a wet kipper.

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A veritable slap in the face with a wet kipper.

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He brandished a smoked kipper, ridiculing the European Union for the regulation requiring such fish to be shipped on ice pillows — a regulation written by the British government.

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