napper

Definitions

1. A person who takes a nap.
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. The head.
   slang
4. A machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
   obsolete
5. A sheepstealer.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“You look⟳ so dapper from your napper to your feet.”

“Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout⟳ for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper.”

“As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect⟳ the lead⟳ in his pencil.”

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