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Gipper vs Gapper - What's the difference?

gipper | gapper |

As nouns the difference between gipper and gapper

is that gipper is one who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing) while gapper is a ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.

gipper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who gips (i.e. , cleans fish in preparation for curing).
  • * 1641 , Simon Smith, The Herring-Bu??e Trade , page 9:
    • One man takes the Herrings out of the VVell with the Ladner, and fils the Gippers' baskets. // 9 ' Gippers which cut their throats, and takes out the Guts, and fling the ful Herring into one Basket, and the ?hotten Herring into another.

    References

    * ‘ Gi·pper]’ s.v.'' “Gip, ''v.''” on page 173/1 of § 2 (G) of volume IV (F and G, ed. (Henry Bradley), 1901) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.)

    gapper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
    • Bob's gapper cleared the bags.
  • someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.

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