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clipper

[klip-er] / ˈklɪp ər /
NOUN
vessel
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Britney Spears stared at herself in a mirror, grinning as she grabbed an electric clipper.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Rather than use a shared clipper, Bernoudy said, he would “wait until the shower, and I’d just peel my own toenails off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

She led him down into the hold of the clipper, to where the hydraulic systems of the ship lay exposed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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