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flopper U.S.|ˈflɒpə(r)|
[f. flop v. 2 and 2 b.]
1. Criminals' slang. A perpetrator of any of several kinds of frauds.
1876B. Harte G. Conroy II. vi. ii. 312 It is worthy of a short-card sharp and a keno flopper. 1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 35 Flopper, in general use by money changers, switchers (substituters); flim⁓flammers. 1960F. Gibney Operators v. 137 ‘Floppers’ fall down on ‘slippery’ floors in..supermarkets, tumble deftly in front of slow-moving automobiles... Then they submit their claims to the stores or the insurance companies.
2. One who deserts to the opposite side in politics.
1880Cleveland Leader 8 June 1/7 On the twenty-fifth ballot the Florida flopper went to Sherman. 1904Courier Jrnl. (Louisville, Ky.) 17 Aug. 4 There are always floppers. The mere circumstance that somebody deserts his party and goes over to the other proves nothing. |