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UK
/dˈɪpəz/
]
[ US /ˈdɪpɝz/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪpɝz/ ]
NOUN
- a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
How To Use Dippers In A Sentence
- Dippers are among the earliest breeders in the Highlands, along with golden eagles, ravens and herons, and are a favourite water bird for me, perhaps because of their lifestyle and the way they fish. Country diary: River Nairn
- I also spotted a male kingfisher, herons and several dippers.
- As long as they earn their salary, adding more to the economy than they take from it, double- dippers are helping to solve the demographic problem.
- It was Marshall that had done not only Dr. Featley's portrait, but also the caricature of the different sorts of Anabaptists and Sectaries, including a river-scene with bathers of both sexes, which had been inserted in the Doctor's treatise entitled The Dippers Dipt. The Life of John Milton
- Native birds, a category including buzzards, dippers and swifts, showed rises in population of 14 per cent in the region during the period, in contrast to England overall, where there was no change in numbers.
- Market growth is being fuelled by hand-held snacks, including wedges, baps, baguettes, rolls, pasta salads and dippers.
- In fall and winter, look for bald eagles, American dippers, mergansers, red-shafted Northern flickers, red-tailed hawks, and Townsend's solitaires.
- Some of them are calling themselves New Democrats Online while others are still calling themselves Blogging Dippers. Spotlight on NDP Bloggers
- Isn't it time some of the big-time dippers spent some time in the slammer as well?
- Can these double-dippers be trusted not to design, execute, and interpret their studies to the benefit their benefactors?