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gaper

[gay-per] / ˈgeɪ pər /






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“There’s nothing like the surprising chill of sitting down on a toilet gaper in the dark.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018

Toilet gaper: A commode with the seat up.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018

"I am here, my Son, I am here," he muttered hurriedly, and maliciously poked to some gaper in the back who stood in his way.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Herman Bernstein

That blue-billed gaper probably came from Malacca, and the trogon too.

From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous

I want a few trogons, and the blue-billed gaper.

From Middy and Ensign by G. D. Rowlandson




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