Roller-coaster, British one, gripped frantically

• Thrilling ride: at first boy and I gripped frantically

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Big Dipper is a wooden out and back roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool , Blackpool , England. The ride was first built in 1923 by John Miller but was extended in 1936 by Charlie Paige and Joe Emberton; adding arches over the south entrance of the ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The descent, like a big dipper , is exhilarating but perfectly safe.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
American English name for the seven-star asterism (known in England as the plough ; see Charles's Wain ) in the constellation Ursa Major , first attested 1833 as simply the Dipper (sometimes Great Dipper , its companion constellation always being the Little ...