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Shrimp


SHRIMP, verb transitive To contract. [Not in use.]

SHRIMP, noun [supra.]

1. A crustaceous animal of the genus Cancer. It has long slender feelers, claws with a single, hooked fang, and three pair of legs. It is esteemed delicious food.

2. A little wrinkled man; a dwarf; in contempt.