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Sprigger

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Noun

1. sprigger, stemmer, stripper

a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sprigger

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noun
1. 
a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc; spray
2. 
an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers
3. 
a small wire nail without a head
4. informal, rare
a youth
5. informal, rare
a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc
6. New Zealand another name for stud1 (sense 7)
verbWord forms: sprigs, sprigging or sprigged (transitive)
7. 
to fasten or secure with sprigs
8. 
to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc) with a design of sprigs
9. 
to make sprays from (twigs and branches)

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Sprigger

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noun
1. 
a. 
a little twig or spray
b. 
a design or ornament like this
2. 
a small, headless brad
3. 
a young fellow; stripling
4. 
a person as the offspring or scion of a family, institution, class, etc.
used humorously
verb transitiveWord forms: sprigged or ˈsprigging
5. 
to remove sprigs from (a bush, tree, etc.)
6. 
to decorate with a design of sprigs
7. 
to fasten with small, headless brads

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sprigger

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n.
1.
a. A small shoot or twig of a plant.
b. An ornament in this shape.
2. A small brad without a head.
3. Archaic A young, immature person.
tr.v. sprigged, sprig·ging, sprigs
1. To decorate with a design of sprigs.
2. To remove a sprig or sprigs from (a bush or tree).
3. To fasten with a small headless brad.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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