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- noun Plural form of
kipper .
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Examples
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But others, who have been dubbed kippers - "kids in parents 'pockets" - are, say the demographers, staying through choice.
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"adult-kids" said they couldn't afford to buy or rent their own home, others were choosing to become "kippers" - kids in parents 'pockets.
Rezo.net 2009
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In 2003 a report from the British Prudential financial-services group awarded the 6.8 million British in this category the mocking name of "kippers" — "kids in parents 'pockets eroding retirement savings."
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In 2003 a report from the British Prudential financial-services group awarded the 6.8 million British in this category the mocking name of "kippers" — "kids in parents 'pockets eroding retirement savings."
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But alas, in spite of all this, when I had read that speech I thought with a heavy heart that there was one more thing that I had to add to the list of the specially English things, such as kippers and cricket; I had to add the specially English kind of humbug.
Tremendous Trifles 1905
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This often banded about phrase of belittlement, where someone states the truth is “suspected” or accused of wearing a tin foil hat, and/or “talking to light switches”, or even “kippers in the fridge” … ..
Welcome ‘Times’ Readers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I have always wanted to make this with flaked, cooked kippers or possibly with mussels, steamed and pulled from their shells.
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If I have the kippers now then it's quiche for tea.
'The Last Werewolf' 2011
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It's a couple in their early 20s and I show them around and tell them that my neighbours are lovely even though every Sunday they stink the communal hallway out with the smell of kippers.
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Oranges, smoked kippers, tea, acai juice, and bird in the nest (which she calls Egyptian Eyeball, for reasons that will be obvious to the casual observer) in cranberry-almond bread, with harissa.
by god there is no excuse for may batwrangler 2010
frogapplause commented on the word kippers
“"adult-kids" said they couldn't afford to buy or rent their own home, others were choosing to become "kippers" - kids in parents 'pockets.”
July 6, 2011