piper
a person who plays on a pipe.
a bagpiper.
Idioms about piper
pay the piper,
to pay the cost of something.
to bear the unfavorable consequences of one's actions or pleasures: Someday he'll have to pay the piper for all that gambling.
Origin of piper
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How to use piper in a sentence
He did not imagine he would hear these skirling pipers again.
These men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs.
Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the Pied Pipers of the Republican Party.
About half a mile westward is Boleigh, or Boleit, with the Pipers—two rough granite figures.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonThen Auld Lang Syne was sung, and the men of various units played to their billets by their pipers.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William Bewsher
She moved forward more swiftly to the time of the lively dancing tune which the city pipers were playing.
Complete Short Works | Georg EbersShe had gone up to London fully intending to see the Pipers after she had cashed the cheque.
What Timmy Did | Marie Adelaide Belloc LowndesThe nine pipers sally forth and dash their warlike work on the reavers; and then they succeed in escaping.
British Dictionary definitions for piper (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpaɪpə) /
a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes
pay the piper and call the tune to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it
British Dictionary definitions for Piper (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpaɪpə) /
John. 1903–92, British artist. An official war artist in World War II, he is known esp for his watercolours of bombed churches and his stained glass in Coventry Cathedral
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Other Idioms and Phrases with piper
see call the tune (pay the piper).
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