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ripper


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripper  \Rip"per\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  rips;  a  ripping  tool. 
 
  2.  A  tool  for  trimming  the  edges  of  roofing  slates. 
 
  3.  Anything  huge,  extreme,  startling,  etc  [Slang.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripler  \Rip"ler\,  Ripper  \Rip"per\,  n.  [Cf.  {Rip}  a  basket,  or 
  {Riparian}.]  (O.E.  Law) 
  One  who  brings  fish  from  the  seacoast  to  markets  in  inland 
  towns.  [Obs.] 
 
  But  what's  the  action  we  are  for  now  ?  Robbing  a  ripper 
  of  his  fish.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ripper 
  n  :  a  murderer  who  slashes  the  victims  with  a  knife;  "Jack  the 
  ripper  was  probably  a  madman" 




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