dropper : Idioms & Phrases


eye dropper

  • noun pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
    dropper.
    • she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes
WordNet

Guinea dropper

  • one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. Obs. Gay.
Webster 1913

name dropper

  • noun someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
WordNet

Ring dropper

  • a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless.
Webster 1913