diff --git a/types/emoji-strip/emoji-strip-tests.ts b/types/emoji-strip/emoji-strip-tests.ts
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+import emojiStrip = require('emoji-strip');
+
+const text: string = emojiStrip('Smile emoji: 😀');
diff --git a/types/emoji-strip/index.d.ts b/types/emoji-strip/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for emoji-strip 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/nizaroni/emoji-strip
+// Definitions by: Gary King <https://github.com/garyking>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.7
+
+/**
+ * Strip emojis from text.
+ *
+ * @param text The text from which to strip the emojis.
+ * @returns The text, with emojis removed.
+ */
+declare function emojiStrip(text: string): string;
+
+export = emojiStrip;
diff --git a/types/emoji-strip/tsconfig.json b/types/emoji-strip/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "emoji-strip-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/emoji-strip/tslint.json b/types/emoji-strip/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }