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dumper
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dumper
(noun)
dumper truck
(noun)
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dumper
/
ˈ
dʌmpɚ/
noun
plural
dumpers
dumper
/
ˈ
dʌmpɚ/
noun
plural
dumpers
Learner's definition of DUMPER
chiefly US
1
[
count
]
:
a person who leaves waste where it is not supposed to be left
The cops caught the illegal
dumpers
.
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the dumper
informal
:
a state of failure
The economy is
in the dumper
.
His career has
gone down the dumper
. [=his career has been ruined]
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