Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the slender long-legged water-bugs of the genus Hygrotrechus; any water-strider.
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Examples
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Reeves, lappin 'the end of a lead-pencil and markin' down every time old water-skipper there makes a trip. "
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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