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what is "keeper" mean?

 
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Martin Hung



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:54 am    Post subject: what is "keeper" mean? Reply with quote

i have hear someone say "she is my keeper", but i don't know what is keeper mean? Dose anyonw know?
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RedRose



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe that means: without her, I am gonna kill myself. (just my guess, not sure)
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If someone is a keeper, they look after you, for example, "I am my pet dogs keeper"
Monkeys in a zoo are looked after by a monkey keeper.
A childs keeper is their parent.

In the sentence "she is my keeper", the writer is saying that "she" looks after him.
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