Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SKIP'PER
SKIP'PER, n. [Dan. skipper; D. schipper. See Ship.]
- The master of a small trading vessel.
- [from skip.] A dancer.
- A youngling; a young thoughtless person. – Shak.
- The honifish, so called.
- The cheese maggot.
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