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- noun Plural form of
looper .
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Examples
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The boats carried about 80 people, called loopers, who arrived in North Myrtle Beach for a three day conference known as the spring rendezvous.
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My favorite so far of the "loopers" is this video of Jon Brion live.
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"Let them load the guns with 'loopers'" -- that is, slugs, not bullets -- "and let the rest stand in the passage with their assegais, in case the Quabies should try to force the back door."
Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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They are "loopers," that is, they walk with a looping gait, as if measuring off the ground they walk over, whence the name "Geometers," more usually applied to them.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Chad Carney of SCUBAdventures said the Naples dive shop has been busy selling lobster gear such as loopers and catch bags to its customers.
SplicedFeed 2010
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The company's insecticide products mainly control lepidopterans such as loopers, leafrollers and armyworms, and sucking pests like mites, aphids, whiteflies and thrips.
unknown title 2009
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The company's insecticide products mainly control lepidopterans such as loopers, leafrollers and armyworms, and sucking pests like mites, aphids, whiteflies and thrips.
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Moth larvae, particularly those in the family Geometridae (the “loopers” or “spanworms”), are a large component of the diet of many passerine birds in the boreal forest and near the forest/tundra margin.
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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Natural alternatives are available to kill aphids, cabbage loopers, carpenter ants and other pests.
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"Most people" are your feedback loopers, nothing more.
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