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Meaning of clipper ship

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

clipper

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. Anything that clips.

  2. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

  3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:

  4. The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clipper

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