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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap + -er.
Noun[edit]
capper (plural cappers)
- A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
- A person that makes or sells caps.
- A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
- Synonyms: cherry on the cake, icing on the cake
- 2008, Jerry 'The King' Lawler, It's Good To Be The King...: Sometimes:
- And the capper of it all was, Stacy flew back to Memphis to see me for a day and try to settle our divorce with a one-on-one meeting.
- 2009 February 1, Joe Queenan, “Super Bowl Suits”, in New York Times[1]:
- The real capper is when St. John starts fawning over Hugh Hefner, host of the finest Super Bowl party known to man, musing: “The question isn’t whether Hef is the hippest octogenarian on the planet.
- (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
Translations[edit]
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles
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A person that makes or sells caps
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A finale
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Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviated form of capture + -er.
Noun[edit]
capper (plural cappers)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
capper (plural cappers)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
capper (plural cappers)
- capper (maker of caps or other headgear)
Descendants[edit]
- English: capper
References[edit]
- “capper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
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