Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who prepares tripe and hawks it about.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who prepares or sells tripe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
seller oftripe .
Etymologies
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From tripe + man.
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Examples
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"We don't mind touching up such a chap as this here tripeman; but not the scratch of a pin does Thompson get in this vessel.
Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820
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"We don't mind touching up such a chap as this here tripeman; but not the scratch of a pin does Thompson get in this vessel.
Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820
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