Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major.
1 I quite enjoyed it: it was like being on a big dipper .
2 From the fairground came the ritual screams from the falling big dipper .
3 It looks just like a big dipper , and like nothing else.
4 A klaxon sounded at the funfair and screams marked the descent of the big dipper .
5 Then water was taken from the large vessel and thrown over the stones with a big dipper .
6 It was a strange feeling, half-cozy, half-exposed, and very like being on the big dipper in a fairground.
7 A funfair engineer was last night in intensive care after being struck by a big dipper in Portrush, Co Antrim.
8 He looked up and saw the Big Dipper , the Great Bear, Orion.
9 The Big Dipper is the one superstition that everyone can agree on.
10 The Big Dipper , Orion, a bunch of other constellations she couldn't name.
11 Why, nothing but the Big Dipper up there among the stars.
12 Minute after minute passed, but no light flashed out on the Big Dipper .
13 She must go to the Big Dipper and light the lamps!
14 My brain keeps trying to find Orion and the Big Dipper .
15 Through a rift in the clouds a cluster of stars showed briefly - the Big Dipper .
16 Soon the Big Dipper light was once more gleaming cheerfully athwart the stormy harbour.
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