dipper
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Or the dipper, a little bird Norwegians call “the Fossekall, the ‘Call of the waterfall,’” that once gave Mr. Macfarlane a change of mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
At Lord's he had just produced his best bit of bowling, a dipper to draw the edge of KL Rahul, before he was injured.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
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
She drank from the dipper, then poured her leavings on a pot of begonias.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
I can almost never pass one up, regardless of the "dippers" that accompany it, especially if there is a copious amount of cheese.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
The Sunderland Lions Club had been running the event since it began, but teamed up with the Red Sky Foundation last year in a bid to attract greater numbers of dippers.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
We ended our tour at Hallam Lake, admiring the fortitude of American dippers, bathing in a snow-banked stream.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
This lovely dip invites that possibility, as it pairs beautifully with a variety of vegetable and fruit dippers.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
Mr. Spencer darted in and out, thanking everyone, giving them dripping-wet rags to cool their faces, bringing dippers of water, weeping all the while.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
