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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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"Dropper" Quotes from Famous Books

... wires again! The thought confronted her and she sprang up and walked wildly, her pulses beating in her temples.... She stopped by a table and looked down. A little vial lay there, and the medicine dropper and wine glass—waiting. She turned her head uneasily and moved away. She must save it for the night—for the dark hours that never passed. But she must think of something! She glanced about her, and rang the bell ...

— Mr. Achilles • Jennette Lee

... New York. In an ex-saloon on Sixth Avenue, which nominally sold only the soft drinks permitted by the wise men of the Capital, Barney leaned at his ease upon the bar and remarked: "Give me some of the real stuff, Tim, and forget that eye-dropper the boss bought you last week." Barney had a drink of the real stuff, and then another drink, in the measuring of neither of which had an eye-dropper ...

— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... and harvest was close at hand. In the brief space between, the reapers were being put into shape for the cutting of the grain. That morning, while the biggest and the youngest brothers were repairing the broken rakes of a dropper, the eldest had sharpened the long saw-knife, aided by the little girl, whom he compelled to turn the squeaking grindstone. They had begun early, working under the tool-shed, and for hours the little girl had labored wearily ...

— The Biography of a Prairie Girl • Eleanor Gates

... suspected document at the particular points under examination will dissolve the sizing applied by the forger. If held to the light the thinning will show. The water may be applied with a small brush or a medicine dropper. Water slightly warmed may be used with good ...

— Disputed Handwriting • Jerome B. Lavay

... I might have a cup of hot water," said she. "I've a dropper here. We'll see what a spoonful of this mixture will do for the wee ...

— Carl and the Cotton Gin • Sara Ware Bassett

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