dipper

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Birds including the curlew, nightjar, dipper, lesser black-backed gull and red grouse are also named.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Some Native American tribes believe the cup of the dipper represents a bear and the stars in the handle represent warriors who pursue it.

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

Cresswell almost dislocates his standing ankle, spinning a dipper over the near side of the wall, just under the bar, and into the vicinity of the top corner!

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2022

Then you can use a smaller dipper to water each plant.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2021

We stepped aside, amazed, as she bowed graciously from side to side like a tipsy fat lady in a circus parade, the dipper like a gravy spoon in her enormous hand.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison