Citations:kipper

English citations of kipper

Noun: (UK, informal, pejorative) a supporter of the UK Independence Party"

2013 February 23, MM, “Re: Ukip MEP defects to Tories”, in uk.legal‎^[1] (Usenet):
Just goes to show how narrow-minded both the kippers and the conservatives are. Why the heck shouldn't she live wherever she likes? Many French workers commute to Britain.
2013 March 1, abelard, “it seems to me the talking heads are missing the real story of eastleigh...”, in uk.politics.misc‎^[2] (Usenet):
in a real election no sane kipper will vote for anyone but a tory...
2013, "Rivals follow Ukip's lead to get tougher on immigration", Daily Express, 24 March 2013:
His decision to prioritise immigration and speak plainly about an issue on which countless politicians have proved so mealy mouthed has seen a surge in support for “the kippers”.
2013, Andrew Rawnsley, "David Cameron won't prosper by trying to outkip the Kipper", The Observer, 4 May 2013:
As I've remarked before, you can't outkip the Kippers. If Mr Cameron succumbs to the internal pressure to move right, he risks further diminishing the appeal of the Tory party to the centrist voters without whom he cannot possibly hope to win a general election in 2015.
2013, "Voters delivered food for thought", Folkestone Herald, 9 May 2013:
The Tories certainly didn't see this coming. Nor, it is fair to say, did Ukip. New Romney Marsh councillor David Baker was on holiday when his win was announced, and his fellow 'Kipper Frank McKenna declared himself "shocked" by his own victory.
2014, PoliticalBetting.com , 30 Nov 2014

Noun: (US, slang) a vendor of newspapers

'1931, Clifford R. Shaw, Henry D. McKay, Social Factors In Juvenile Delinquency, page 369:
I finally became what is known as a kipper, which means a fellow that continually hangs around the newspaper concerns''.

Noun: (U.K., slang) the vagina

2008, Eric Partridge, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, page 383:
kipper noun…2.The vagina U.K. 1984….

Noun: (Ireland, slang) someone with red hair

2008, Eric Partridge, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, page 383:
kipper noun 1. Someone with red hair, IRELAND 2001….

Noun: A Royal Navy sailor;hence, an English person (the meaning of ‘English person’ is listed as archaic Australian slang in many dictionaries but the meaning of ‘Royal Navy sailor seems to be mentioned only in the slang dictionary mentioned below).

2008, Eric Partridge, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, page 383:
kipper noun…3. A Royal Navy sailor;hence, an English person.

Noun: A seamstress (U.K., slang)

2009, Glenys Roberts, “[3]”, Mail Online, 3 September 2009:
Being an historic trade, tailoring staff are also positively archaic in their attitudes to women, which accounts for the very few tailoresses, commonly known as kippers - in the business. Indeed, a tailoring shop resembles nothing so much as a gentleman’s club.

Noun: An adult child living with their parents

This is from K(ids) I(n) P(arents) P(roperty) E(ating) R(etirement) S(avings). A search for the full phrase ([kids in parents pockets eroding retirement savings) yields many online mentions and the definition appears in several dictionaries but it’s hard to find uses.

Noun: A fool

1908 November, Philip Gibbs, “Dinners in "Society."”, in Lady's Realm: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 25, page 148:
But as for marrying on that income—and she had had the chance a dozen times—she wasn't such a silly kipper.

Verb: To utterly defeat or humiliate

2007, Michael O'Neill, The All-Sustaining Air:
Reviewing himself, Fisher writes with characteristic wryness: 'I think he's a Romantic, gutted and kippered by two centuries' hard knocks.'
2011, Steve Stern, The Frozen Rabbi, page 98:
Chana Bindl, having been revived, grew distressed again at the revelation that the rooms she so scrupulously scoured had remained full of grime, while her husband stood chewing his whiskers, conflicted in his kippered heart.
2011, Colin MacFarlane, No Mean Glasgow, page ?:
That’s how they got Al Capone, you know: the taxman kippered him up.

Verb: To supply or provision

(Can we date this quote?), Madeline Bell, Nena - Remind Me Again, page 34:
A quick check of my case revealed that I'm well kippered - posh frock, the denim skirt, a selection of underwear and hosiery, a sparkly jumper, several tops and two pairs of what might be loosely described as leggings.

Verb: To jabber

2016, Sam Watkins, Creature Teacher Out to Win, page 160:
As they all lay there thrashing and yelling, Jake saw Creature's face appear at the bottom of the pile-up. With a wriggle, he squirmed out from under the net and sped off, kippering triumphantly.
2018, Ryan McIlvain, The Radicals: A Novel, page 78:
Minutes more passed like this, the crickets out in force now, the kippering night birds, not much else to compete with them since our camp was unusually subdued tonight.

Adjective: Shaped like a kipper's lower jaw

1822, J. Hogg, Three Perils of Man:
Tam and Gibbie, with their long kipper noses, peeping over his shoulder.