scooper (plural scoopers)
A person who scoops.
Something that scoops.
An engraver's tool.
The avocet, a bird that scoops up the mud to obtain food.
A journalist who obtains a scoop, or exclusive.
• (something that scoops): scoop
• coopers
Source: Wiktionary
Scoop"er, n.
1. One who, or that which scoops.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
