noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
big dipper
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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The descent, like a big dipper , is exhilarating but perfectly safe.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Big Dipper
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Gedanken wondered whether anyone ever fell off the Big Dipper.
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He made another friend, which was the Big Dipper.
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I can find the Big Dipper, but the North Star can be elusive.
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I put the stretcher under my arm and walked off toward the Big Dipper, in the direction of the tent.
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That's what you spotted on the Big Dipper.
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The black silhouettes of the maples showed against the sky near the Big Dipper, almost overhead.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the result is endlessly fascinating for dippers, with the kind of information included you simply can't find anywhere else.
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As you travel eastward the route joins the River Almond where dippers and herons are familiar sights.
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Here I would see many interesting birds, but the most attractive to me was the dipper .
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On many upland streams a large boulder will often be the chosen perching spot of the dipper .
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Served with a dipper pot of seafood sauce and brown bread and butter.
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The dipper is a typical bird of upland rivers and one species we had very much hoped to see.
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The descent, like a big dipper , is exhilarating but perfectly safe.
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Then the dipper birds would come wheeling over the dunes, skimming the foam, light as dry leaves.