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Done Up Like a Kipper

Done up/stiched up like a kipper, surely takes it's meaning from the term red herring, which means to mislead or distract from an important issue, in a trickster style.

A Red Herring, in the literal sense, is a particularly strong smelling fish called a Kipper that has turned a red colour following the smoking process traditionally used to preserve it.
Therefore, to be done or stiched up like a kipper, clearly means to be duped or tricked by false information that was there for all to see, (in hindsight).
For example: when someone purchases an item they believe to be far superior to what it turns out to be, based on the persuasion and false information by the seller.

He was done up like a kipper when he bought that car. Meaning the car was a pile of s*** and he was tricked when he payed top dollar for it.
by squeeze163 August 4, 2016
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kippercrotch

A term used to describe an unwashed and very fishy smelling vagina.
"Kipper" is the name of smoked herrings wish have an extremely potent fishy smell and are eaten for breakfast by some posh idiots in england
"I was gonna eat out sally but she has the worst case of 'kippercrotch' ive ever known".

Damn you gotta kippercrotch
by Iain Withers. June 11, 2006
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Did you hear that our new computer is already kipped? We'll have to completely wipe it and start from scratch.
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1. a fish split from the skin, salted dried and smoked.

2. to split a fish and continue to salt, dry and smoke.
1. Child: May I have some more kippers, mum?

2: Fisherman: We're gonna need to kipper that fish something proper before we serve it to our girls.
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jobs a kipper

a job well done, to be pleased with a job you've just done. Dierived from "jobs a good'un", into "jobs a gudgeon" (which is a type of fish), into "jobs a fish" and finally into "jobs a kipper" (being a particurly smelly fish).
John; "you finished changing that wheel yet?"
Mike; "oh yes, 'jobs a kipper' "
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Kipper

The nickname for Miikka Kiprusoff;
The best god damn hockey goalie ever
Kipper saved 46 shot for a shutout tonight
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