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shrimps

noun as in pipsqueak

noun as in runt

noun as in shellfish

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Example Sentences

“Ham and eggs, dry toast and shrimps,” said the keen-eyed traveller in reply to the reiterated question.

It was an excellent tea, with shrimps and bread-and-butter, and cake and jam.

In New Orleans boiled shrimps are often served at small dinners.

Chinese fishermen catch shrimps in nets, dry them on the hillsides, and send both dry meat and shells to China.

He helps the others to land several baskets of shrimps, and carry them to the railway-station hard by.

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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrimps, such as: nobody, runt, shrimp, squirt, twerp, and whippersnapper.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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