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Definition of Capper
1. n. One whose business is to make or sell caps.
Definition of Capper
1. Noun. One that caps. ¹
2. Noun. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles. ¹
3. Noun. A person that makes or sells caps. ¹
4. Noun. A finale. ¹
5. Noun. (US slang dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capper
1. a capmaker [n -S] - See also: capmaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capper
Literary usage of Capper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1805)
"SKETCH OF JOSEPH capper, THIS gentleman was, perhaps, the most eccentric character
living since the celebrated Elwes. He was born in Cheshire, ..."
2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"I. DISCOVERY, BY COLONEL capper, OF THE EXISTENCE OF ANTIENT PAGAN ...
J.HE superstition discovered by Colonel capper can be considered as nothing less than ..."
3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"175. said John capper, it had been bad, as that would have con- Art. 18.
fessed that John capper was the true name. Judgment for ^^-v-^^- the deft. ..."
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