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Uncommonkeeper
The correct spelling is keeper.
How to pronounce keeper
/ˈkiːpə/
nounIPA: /ˈkiːpə/
Say it like: Kee-per
The correct spelling is keeper. One who keeps something. For example: "Finders keepers; losers weepers]."
Usage Examples
“Finders keepers; losers weepers].”
Definition
noun
- 1.One who keeps something.
- 2.A person or thing worth keeping.
- 3.A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
- 4.The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
- 5.A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
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