keeper
see also: Keeper
Pronunciation Noun
Keeper
Proper noun
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see also: Keeper
Pronunciation Noun
keeper (plural keepers)
- One who keeps something.
- Finders keepers; losers weepers.
- (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
- 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
- "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
- 2005, Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101 ↗,
- When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.
- 2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28 ↗,
- We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.
- 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)
- A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 4:9 ↗:
- And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
- (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
- (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
- One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Titus 2:5 ↗:
- discreet; chaste; keepers at home
- 1971, H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man
- I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives […]
- A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
- The Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
- 1878, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening (volume 35, page 331)
- And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.
- French: perle
- French: conservateur, gardien
- Portuguese: guardião
- Russian: сто́рож
- Spanish: guardián, custodio
- French: gardien de but, gardienne de but
- Italian: portiere
- Portuguese: goleiro
Keeper
Proper noun
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