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pipper

American  
[pip-er] / ˈpɪp ər /

noun

  1. the center of the reticule of a gunsight.


Etymology

Origin of pipper

pip 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He had a pipper, an' I was knittin'.

From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John

An' for readin'—losh, wumman!—he would sit glowerin' at a pipper a nicht wi' the interestedest look in his een—sae dwamt-like that ye wad hae' thocht he didna' ken a word.'

From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John

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