Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ripler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or
{Riparian}.] (O.E. Law)
One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland
towns. [Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper
of his fish. --Beau. & Fl.
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