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Stripper   Listen
noun
Stripper  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, strips; specifically, A machine for stripping cards.
2.
(Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
3.
(Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from the stalks of grain plants.
4.
A solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a surface.
5.
A person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease; also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or strip-teaser.






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"Stripper" Quotes from Famous Books



... mills, as the landlord's pasture was near his hotel. To bring the coal and ore to the blast furnaces took little labor, just as my driving in the cows cost the landlord but four cents a day. Next to the blast furnaces stood the mixer, the Bessemer open hearth furnaces, the ingot stripper building, the soaking pits and then the loading yards with their freight cars where the finished product in the form of wire, rails or sky-scraper steel ...
— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis



Words linked to "Stripper" :   sprigger, stripper well, oiler, strip, performing artist, peeler, Rose Louise Hovick, ecdysiast, stripteaser, chemical compound, stemmer, performer, lee, compound, Gypsy Rose Lee



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