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Shrimp   /ʃrɪmp/   Listen
Shrimp

noun
1.
Disparaging terms for small people.  Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt.
2.
Any of various edible decapod crustaceans.  Synonym: prawn.
3.
Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible.
verb
1.
Fish for shrimp.



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"Shrimp" Quotes from Famous Books



... ho-ho'd. "A shrimp! A sea-louse!" And he made to squash me between huge forefinger and thumb, either of which, Lingaard avers, was thicker than ...
— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London
... used for catching fish in shallow waters, or for taking the shrimp, and a small fish like the white-bait, but they need not ...
— Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central • Edward John Eyre
... immediately added my own voice to his pleadings, arguing that Cancale must certainly be on the sea. That, from my recollection of numerous water-colors and black-and-whites labeled in the catalogue, "Coast near Cancale," and the like, I was sure there must be the customary fish-girls, with shrimp-nets carried gracefully over one shoulder, to say nothing of brawny-chested fishermen with flat, rimless caps, having the usual little round button ...
— A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others • F. Hopkinson Smith
... replied Mrs Jiniwin. 'When my poor husband, her dear father, was alive, if he had ever ventured a cross word to me, I'd have—' The good old lady did not finish the sentence, but she twisted off the head of a shrimp with a vindictiveness which seemed to imply that the action was in some degree a substitute for words. In this light it was clearly understood by the other party, who immediately replied with great approbation, ...
— The Old Curiosity Shop • Charles Dickens
... gladly out of the boat but little Franz, who, lying packed in his tub like a potted shrimp, had to be lifted ...
— Journeys Through Bookland V3 • Charles H. Sylvester


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