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Definition of Knapper
1. one that knaps [n -S] - See also: knaps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapper
Literary usage of Knapper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... and eastward by Front street aforesaid ; seized and sold agreeable to law, as
the estate late of George knapper, to the said Francis Lee, for the sum of ..."
2. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1872)
"... in trust for my kinsman Thomas knapper, of Hanford, in the parish of Trentham,
in the county of Stafford, corn-dealer, miller, and grocer, ..."
3. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1881)
"knapper. " I give and bequeath to my wife, Mary Steely, all my real and personal
property, moneys and effects, that I may possess at the time of my decease, ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"Knack, or knapper, v. to speak affectedly. ' She knacks and knapper» like a London
miss.' Knag, v. to gnaw. ..."
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