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/ˈɡɪpɚ/ · noun
(obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (cleans fish in preparation for curing)..
One man takes the Herrings out of the Well with the Ladnet, and fils the Gippers baskets. ¶ 9 Gippers which cut their throats, and takes out the Guts, and fling the ful Herring into one Basket, and the ſhotten Herring into another.
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Gipper means (obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (cleans fish in preparation for curing)..
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One man takes the Herrings out of the Well with the Ladnet, and fils the Gippers baskets. ¶ 9 Gippers which cut their throats, and takes out the Guts, and fling the ful Herring into one Basket, and the ſhotten Herring into another.
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