dropper

Word Origin & History

1700, "distiller," agent noun from drop (v.). Meaning "small tube from which liquid may be made to fall in drops" is from 1889.

Be sure to procure a dropper that has the point turned at right angles to the body.

I saw its head as it rose for my dropper, struck, and hooked the fish.

Put on a dropper of some kind, say a caperer, as a second chance.

With a dropper he sucked up a bit of the liquid from the test-tube.

"Take them off and shake 'em," suggested the dropper of the gum.

The tear of Sensibility must not be dropped in a manner giving real pain to the dropper.

Whether he distinguished himself as a "dropper," or ever beat the record time in the "Crick" run, I do not know.

The dropper was to be filled with corn, and, thus accoutred, he was ready for doing duty in the newly ploughed field.

This is a good fly throughout a clear day, used as a dropper with the foregoing fly, and wren tail.

Who was the indiscreet eave's-dropper or tale-bearer that gave your lordship the hint concerning this business?

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noun murderer of prominent or important person

noun. murderer of prominent or important person