Capper: Definition and part of speech

Capper

  1. n. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
  2. n. One whose business is to make or sell caps.
  3. n. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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