shrimper [shrim-per] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for shrimper on Thesaurus.com noun
Origin of shrimper First recorded in 1850–55; shrimp + -er1 Related Words for shrimper paltry, measly, inconsequential, tiny, frail, trivial, feeble, poor, limited, short, slight, meager, young, miniature, modest, cramped, microscopic, narrow, minuscule, small-scale Examples from the Web for shrimper Contemporary Examples of shrimper
“I remember going out with a shrimper after Katrina, a real Bubba Gump moment,” Severson says.
John Douglas Marshall
May 28, 2010
Historical Examples of shrimper
He was evidently a fisherman or a shrimper, and his movements had all the strangeness of some long-legged aquatic bird.
An Artist’s Letters From Japan
John La Farge