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Kippered

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Stiff and lacking vitality; stale.

    "Our writers of history have been aroused from “ their somnolent antiquarian busy-work on kippered events and are feeling the force of living ones and learning what it means to get in the study of the present inspiration and interest for assimilating a knowledge of the past."

  2. 2
    Worn out; tired.

    "Cigar clenched between his knuckles, Johnnie Whiteside patted Gordon's knee. 'How d'you feel, old spud?' 'Slightly kippered,' Gordon answered. 'Not too kippered?' said Eric."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of kipper form-of, participle, past

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