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verb - to stare with open mouth
GAPER - A gaper (Dutch pronunciation: [apr]) is a stone or wooden head, often depicting a Moor, on the front of a building in the Netherlands. It was used to...
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| a burrowing bivalve mollusc, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends. |
| One who gapes a starer. |
| A fish, taxonomic name Serranus cabrilla. |
| A burrowing bivalve mollusc, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends. |
| A deep-sea anglerfish that is able to inflate itself with water. |
| A person who stares in amazement or wonder. |
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A gaper (Dutch pronunciation: [apr]) is a stone or wooden head, often depicting a Moor, on the front of a building in the Netherlands. It was used to indicate that the building is a pharmacy. * The literal translation of "gaper" would be yawner; the figure is always displayed with an open mouth, sometimes with a pill resting on his tongue. This indicates that in fact he wasn't yawning, but opening his mouth to take medicine. * The existing gapers in Amsterdam are almost all of Moorish appearance. This wasn't supposed to be the forefather of today's pharmacist, but rather to indicate the exotic origin of the medicines. The apothecary would attend market days all over the country and his assistant would play the character of an ill man. After taking the pill, the assistant (often dressed as a Moor) would all of a sudden feel much better and perform a dance. * Later, when pharmacists opened shops instead of travelling through the country, the symbol of the Moorish man (often depicted with a p |