Meaning of Loper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
2. A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
   Southwestern, US, dialectal
3. A surname.
4. A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.

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Examples

“Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors.”

“When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf.”

“Besides the cattle company paid a bounty for each coyote, loper wolf, panther, bobcat or bear. We had to buy our own six-shooter but the company furnished ammunition free. So it can be seen why most cowboys were pretty good shots.”

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