kipper
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈkɪpər/
- UK
:
salmón ahumado
- You could smoke kippers in here!
- kippers for breakfast
- kippers on toast
- kippers and eggs
Examples
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- They serve kippers for breakfast here.
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How about some nice kippers?
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I suppose you like kippers, do you?
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Hurry up, love, your kippers'll get cold.
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Care for a kipper, kiddo?
Fiction book (1995) -
"Then you will be wanting more kippers before you leave this morning."
Fiction book (1994) -
Get me a nice plate for the kippers.
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Jackie sighed, finished his breakfast, dabbed bits of kipper from his lips, and walked into the lobby.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jackie was enjoying a solid, if somewhat flavorless, breakfast of kippers and eggs when Jimmie Suraj came in.
Fiction book (1993) -
Harry enjoyed a traditional breakfast that included a delicious kipper alongside scrambled eggs.
Synonyms
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1.4
A small silver fish often eaten smoked, salted, or pickled
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3.3
A herring that has been dried and smoked, giving it a red color and strong salty taste
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7.0
Smoked and dried small fish with a red color
A fish split open, salted, and smoked, often served for breakfast
A large herring that is lightly salted and smoked without being opened and cleaned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kipper names a herring that is 'split' open, salted, and smoked to keep it. The word comes from an old name for a fish prepared this way, so a kipper is easy to remember as a smoked, preserved fish often eaten for breakfast.