peeler

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A police officer.

   • A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show; He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go. And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun— 'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."
   • I was standin' there and the car came down the street with the two peelers comin' after them and I'm standin' here with [my son] in my arms.
2. 2

   One who peels.

   • According to another superstition, the longer the peel, the longer the peeler's life would be.
3. 3

   A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.

   • I like to use a swivel peeler on my apples, mainly because a good peeler removes the skin only, without hacking off the flesh underneath the way a knife will, even in deft hands.
   • What the Romans didn't have was anything like the ergonomic vegetable peeler.
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   1. 4

      Something to be peeled.

      • To prepare the vignette, the limits of all control areas are scribed as thin lines on one sheet of coated plastic, and a mask is prepared for each of the two colors on plastic sheets with a peeler coating.
   2. 5

      Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.

      • Xanthan gum was introduced into a traditional, wax-based coating formulation for easy peelers.
      • It will be necessary to continually monitor the holes for voids and the plating for peelers -- but this is a good idea for any plating operation which uses dry film photoresist.
   3. 6

      An ideal wave.

      • Fancy a wave, one of those little peelers?
      • If he could ride a trend as well as he could ride a First Point Malibu peeler—well, that's how the game was played.
      • As the next five-foot peeler rolled by, Lee grasped his board and clenched his teeth.
   4. 7

      A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the…

      A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.

   5. 8

      Someone who breaks horses.

      • It took a real good bronc peeler ( horse breaker ) to handle those big 79 broncs ;
      • My old daddy always said that the purpose of breakin a horse was to ride it and if you got one to break you just as well to saddle up and climb aboard and get on with it. John Grady grinned. Was your old daddy a certified peeler?
      • "Where do you keep your horse?” Snakeroot flushed. “Ain't got one. Never did. I can't ride.” “Can't . . . ? You said you were a horse peeler.”
   6. 9

      Alternative form of peeler (policeman).

      • The Peelers in their searches were always threatening, abusive, bad mannered and even threatened to shoot the women and were very disrespectful.
   7. 10

      A surname.

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