double-ripper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of double-ripper
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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One of these was the double-runner, or double-ripper as it was sometimes called, rather ominously.
From Project Gutenberg
The men who told of this enormous rig, a "double-ripper" in very truth, are dead and I can't prove it by them, so I hesitate to state the length of this mammoth coasting device and the number of people it would carry lest aspersions be cast on their veracity-and mine-but it was very long and would carry a surprisingly large number.
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"I don't think there is the least danger of it," said Mr. King, "especially as I shall put an end to this double-ripper business, though not because this upset was anybody's fault; remember that, Phronsie."
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