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Ripper

noun

A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife.

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Jack the Ripper

bodice ripper

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"Ripper" Quotes from Famous Books

... "She isn't that kind. But with you to show her the ropes, she'll be liked by the right people. There's a softness and sweetness and genuineness that you don't often see in girls now. As for the man, you'll think him a ripper, Connie—so will other women. Has the air of being a gentleman born, and then having roughed it all over the world. A strong man, I should say. A man's man as well as a woman's. Might 'take' if ...

— The Second Latchkey • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... parallel, ostensible career—the more public the better. The principle is obvious. Mr. Peace, of pious memory, disarmed suspicion by acquiring a local reputation for playing the fiddle and taming animals, and it's my profound conviction that Jack the Ripper was a really eminent public man, whose speeches were very likely reported alongside his atrocities. Fill the bill in some prominent part, and you'll never be suspected of doubling it with another of equal prominence. That's why I want you to cultivate journalism, ...

— The Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung

Words linked to "Ripper" : bodice ripper, liquidator, Jack the Ripper, murderer, manslayer