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Peeler   /pˈilər/   Listen
Peeler

noun
1.
A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.  Synonyms: ecdysiast, exotic dancer, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser.
2.
A worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables.
3.
A device for peeling vegetables or fruits.






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"Peeler" Quotes from Famous Books



... protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna [Sp.], chaperon, third person. watchdog, bandog^; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop [Slang], dick [Slang], fuzz [Slang], smokey [Slang], peeler [Slang], zarp [Slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout &c (warning) 668; garrison; guardship^. [Means of safety] refuge &c, anchor &c 666; precaution &c (preparation) 673; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [Fr.]. [Sense of security]. confidence &c 858 V. be safe &c adj.; keep one's ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... idle glance I had turned upon the vegetable peeler. He was only a cook's apprentice, or scullion. There was no reason why my gaze should have fastened upon him with interest. Yet my eyes lingered, and suddenly the fellow raised his head and his face was turned toward ...
— Swept Out to Sea - Clint Webb Among the Whalers • W. Bertram Foster

... that Pillgarlick means "peeler of garlick," i.e. scullion; or, to borrow a phrase from a witness in a late case at the Middlesex sessions, {151} which has attracted some attention, "a person in ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 • Various

... Peeler, whatsoever I shall tell you, according to my wonted manner, I will speak as plainly unto you as though you were my son, and therefore pardon me, if I shall seem eyther too familiar, or ...
— Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 • Arthur Acheson



Words linked to "Peeler" :   peel, performing artist, performer, Rose Louise Hovick, device, lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, worker



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