peeler

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[ pee-ler ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that peels.

  2. Also called parer . a kitchen implement, often having a swiveling, protected blade, for removing the peel or outer skin of a vegetable or fruit.

    • a long-staple cotton raised originally in the regions along the Yazoo River and the Mississippi River delta.

    • a yarn made from this cotton.

  1. Slang. a striptease dancer.

  2. a log, especially of a Douglas fir, suitable for rotary cutting into veneers.

Origin of peeler

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First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English peler; equivalent to peel1 + -er1

Other definitions for peeler (2 of 2)

peeler2
[ pee-ler ]

nounBritish Archaic.
  1. a police officer.

Origin of peeler

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1810–20; named after Sir R. Peel; see -er1

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How to use peeler in a sentence

  • Then he showed himself in the crowd of "peelers" and their friends, as unconcernedly as he might; and as unobtrusively.

    The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
  • And then, if I get a 'orse to mind, the peelers take it from me and tell me to cut off.

    Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
  • You and your three peelers find that Bar Cross cow—objection overruled—and that bull yearling.

    Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove Rhodes
  • The guardians of the streets were the new police, the Peelers or the Bobbies as they were sarcastically called.

  • Baldy will be telling the peelers to-morrow all he knows about the sheep you stole, and then they'll fetch you, sure.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale

British Dictionary definitions for peeler (1 of 2)

peeler1

/ (ˈpiːlə) /


noun
  1. a special knife or mechanical device for peeling vegetables, fruit, etc: a potato peeler

  2. US slang a striptease dancer

British Dictionary definitions for peeler (2 of 2)

peeler2

/ (ˈpiːlə) /


noun
  1. British old-fashioned, slang another word for policeman

Origin of peeler

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C19: from the founder of the police force, Sir Robert Peel

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