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dipper

[dip-er] / ˈdɪp ər /
NOUN
ladle
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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

Another "dipper" is Leighton Lee, 51, from Porth, who said the feeling was "hard to describe".

From BBC Oct. 25, 2023

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 for a long time as the engineer watched her, fidgeting.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

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

As for the dippers, the sky’s the limit.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2022

She began taking photos of Welsh landscapes and wildlife, such as Skomer's puffins, and released a photography book about dippers on the River Ogmore.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2022

Worsley, Crean, Vincent, McCarthy, and McNeish frantically pumped and bailed with anything they could find—the cook pot, dippers, their hands—anything that would get the water out of the boat.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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