Pipper vs Gipper - What's the difference?
pipper | gipper |
(military, slang) A marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.
One who gips (i.e. , cleans fish in preparation for curing).
* 1641 , Simon Smith, The Herring-Bu??e Trade ,
As nouns the difference between pipper and gipper
is that pipper is a marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display while gipper is one who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).pipper
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(en noun)gipper
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(en noun)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.)
