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One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

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  1. n. One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
  2. n. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.
  3. n. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
  4. n. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.
  5. n. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
  6. One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.] But what's the action we are for now Robbing a ripper of his fish. Beau & Fl. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. 2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. 3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
  7. An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as agovernor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of headsof departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.]
  8. n:100 n. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife