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
There was a dipper hanging on the wall, made from a gourd, and around a deep dark pool of water were set those same flat stones.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Garnish with parsley, let cool 10 minutes, serve with dippers and enjoy.
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
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
This lovely dip invites that possibility, as it pairs beautifully with a variety of vegetable and fruit dippers.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 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
