shrimp

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.
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