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n. [ F. fripier, fr. friper to rumple, fumble, waste. ] One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fripper. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper. ] 1. Coast-off clothes. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The trade or traffic in old clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Trifling; contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, grips or seizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian. ] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [ Polit. Cant, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from the stalks of grain plants. [ PJC ]

4. a solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a surface. [ PJC ]

5. a person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease; -- also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or strip-teaser. [ PJC ]