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dime-dropper

One who snitches or informs on someone to a person of higher authority. Originally street slang for someone who informs to the police, it refers to the old price of using a public payphone (10 cents). Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I bet Timmy's the dime-dropper—he's such a teacher's pet, always ready to tattle on any of the other students he thinks are misbehaving. He knew he was facing 10 years in prison, so he agreed to be a dime-dropper for the police in exchange for a lighter sentence.

pill dropper

slang Someone who frequently or habitually uses or abuses drugs prepared as pills or capsules. She started getting hooked on the pain pills her doctor prescribed, and before long she had become a full-blown pill dropper. I knew a couple of pill droppers in college who were always doing speed or ecstasy.

dime-dropper

n. an informer. (see also drop a dime.) I think that Taylor is the dime-dropper who caused the roust.

pill-popper

and popper and pill-dropper

n. anyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill-dropper. He’s not a hypochondriac, just a pill-dropper.

pill-dropper

verb

See pill-popper

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When experimenting, make the first fly the `safe' fly and take chances with the dropper. The important thing is reaching the fish fast.

When sight fishing, use a high-visibility primary fly to track the progress of the dropper.

Small and subtle attract the trout

Again use a four fly cast with perhaps Hoppers or cul de canard dries on the top and second dropper and nymphs below.

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It is perfect for water-based or oil-based formulas, including serums and beauty oils, as an alternative to traditional glass droppers," Gichuki.

Our technicians are coming up with ways to develop more precise dosage systems, using specific types of pumps and droppers," says Lumson's Moretti.

Skincare Grows--AND EXCITES with New Packaging

* Classic and push button droppers for skin, hair and nail treatments.

Virospack SLU

As far as serums, he says packaging requests have been for smaller size containers with spray or dropper dispensers, especially interest in "pharma-look-alikes in size and design." To meet this demand, 3C is introducing new 3- and 5ml droppers for serums.

Precise packaging for serums & foundations: whether for treatment or color, exact dosages and pinpoint applications are in high demand--especially when the two are combined

Virospack says its push button dropper fills the bill for brands looking for a touch of elegance.

Virospack presents a drop of luxury

Joanna Milne, sales manager, Virospack, Badalona, Spain, also expressed excitement in the renewed interest in droppers. "These droppers are often being uniquely decorated, with a tendency to emboss or deboss logos on collars, or to add value by spray painting a functional bulb the same tone as the bottle," she remarks, adding that Virospack has adapted the traditional dropper format into a new, syringe-style, push-button dropper design.

Let it all out: Packaging suppliers are modernizing new and existing concepts to deliver outside-the-box dispensing solutions

Virospack, with a long background in supplying compatible droppers for both cuticle oils and fast dry drops, has released a line of droppers it says are ideal for nail care products for use by both professionals and consumers.

Virospack releases new line of droppers for nail treatments

Erie, PA, September 25, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Automation Devices, Inc.'s (ADI) Swan-Matic Division is featuring a new product, a dropper insert press, “Bopper.” The Bopper, part number C800, is a semi-automatic table top machine that inserts an applicator cap or bulb dropper on a small bottle or vial.

Swan-Matic Extends Product Line with the Bopper

However, the initial dropper would not be classified as ZeuS.

Cybersecurity insight on botnet takedown

All four sizes of the dropper bottles are available in both sterile (Steri-Dropper) and non-sterile styles and are manufactured from a special zinc stearate-free resin.

Dropper bottles

Use the dropper or measuring cup that comes with the medicine, not a household substitute.

Child medication safety tips

The use of a dropper avoids this, according to Virospack, by applying the necessary drops in the right place.