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单词 clipster
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clipstern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: clip v.2, -ster suffix.
Etymology: < clip v.2 + -ster suffix, after classical Latin tōnstrīx female hair cutter (in the passage translated in quot. 1782). Compare earlier clipper n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclipster.
A female clipper.Apparently an isolated use.
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1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams ii. xvii. 96 She does not clip, you say? What's braver, If not a clipster, she's a shaver.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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