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noun

dropper n.

One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.

A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.

Synonyms: eye dropper.

(Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.

(Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.

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Etymology of 'Dropper'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dropper" Quotes from Famous Books

... was in a little recess or blind window, where two persons might freely converse without fear of an eaves-dropper. I had no desire to run away from a partner who danced so well, though she were a modiste. There was room for two upon the bench, and I asked permission to sit ...

— The War Trail - The Hunt of the Wild Horse • Mayne Reid

... in his last he complains in high terms of my silence; not in the still small voice, or rather style of an humble lover, but in a style like that which would probably be used by a slighted protector. And his pride is again touched, that like a thief, or eves-dropper, he is forced to dodge about in hopes of a letter, and returns five miles (and then to an inconvenient lodging) ...

— Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) • Samuel Richardson

... wire, taking great care to avoid loss of liquid during solution. Boil for two or three minutes, keeping the flasks covered (Note 1), then wash the sides of the flasks and the watch-glass with a little water and add stannous chloride solution to the hot liquid !from a dropper! until the solution is colorless, but avoid more than a drop or two in excess (Note 2). Dilute with 150 cc. of water and cool !completely!. When cold, add rapidly about 30 cc. of mercuric chloride solution. Allow the solutions to stand about three minutes and then titrate ...

— An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis - With Explanatory Notes • Henry P. Talbot

... not be an eaves-dropper: my child you do not fear this person now? I'll leave you with him—nay, 'tis best—perchance he comes indeed with service. My blessings go with you, stranger, if you mean her fairly, but if you wrong or play ...

— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor - Volume I, Number 1 • Stephen Cullen Carpenter

... Paul, shadowes to night Haue stroke more terror to the soule of Richard, Then can the substance of ten thousand Souldiers Armed in proofe, and led by shallow Richmond. 'Tis not yet neere day. Come go with me, Vnder our Tents Ile play the Ease-dropper, To heare if any meane to shrinke ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

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