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piper
[ pahy-per ]
Piper
1/ ˈ±è²¹Éª±èÉ™ /
noun
- PiperJohn19031992MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: artist John. 1903–92, British artist. An official war artist in World War II, he is known esp for his watercolours of bombed churches and his stained glass in Coventry Cathedral
piper
2/ ˈ±è²¹Éª±èÉ™ /
noun
- a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes
- pay the piper and call the tuneto bear the cost of an undertaking and control it
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Idioms and Phrases
- pay the piper,
- to pay the cost of something.
- to bear the unfavorable consequences of one's actions or pleasures:
Someday he'll have to pay the piper for all that gambling.
More idioms and phrases containing piper
see call the tune (pay the piper) .Example Sentences
"Everyone will be gathering in their club or community club colours … from there we'll all walk together behind the lovely piper," she said.
After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save his life.
He’ll be happy merely going to his grave never having to pay the piper.
Other events include a special prayer service at Manchester Cathedral, an outdoor event at Glasgow Green including a piper, choir and minute's silence, and a remembrance concert with music, poems and readings in Belfast.
Abruptly, pipers strike up and soldiers stream by.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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