Also called poop scooper.a small shovel or scooping device designed for use in cleaning up after a dog or other pet that has defecated on a street or sidewalk.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to laws, city ordinances, or the like, that require a person to use a pooper-scooper.
Origin: 1970–75; rhyming compound based on poop4, scoop, -er1
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
n. a device used to pick up and carry away dog feces from public places. : Taylor actually got a ticket for walking her dog without a pooper-scooper in sight!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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