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honey-dippers

honey-dippers is the plural of honey-dipper.

Meaning of honey-dipper

Noun

honey-dipper (plural honey-dippers)

  1. A turned kitchen tool used to transfer honey.
    • He specialises in small items such as light pulls, ornamental eggs, and honey-dippers — and in true environmental fashion, Nick lets nothing go to waste.1991 July 27, Sandra Loy, “Country skills go on display”, in Herald Express, number 20,138, Devon, page II
  2. A worker who collects household sewage from sewage tanks.
    • “He deliberately dumped sewage into the grate [atop the storm drain] whenever an emergency arose,” [Jane F.] Barrett continued. “God forbid that he should have to pay a honey-dipper to come out and clean up the septic systems” on the site.1991 November 11, Kelly Gilbert, “Marina, manager convicted on pollution charges”, in The Evening Sun, volume 164, number 17, Baltimore, Md., page B3, column 6

Questions about honey-dippers

What is honey-dippers the plural of?
Honey-dippers is the plural of honey-dipper.

Words near honey-dippers in the dictionary

  1. honey-butters
  2. honey-colored
  3. honey-comb
  4. honey-combs
  5. honey-dipper
  6. honey-dippers
  7. honey-do list
  8. honey-do lists
  9. honey-lipped
  10. honey-lotus
  11. honey-lotuses

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