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spirit-rapper
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One who professes that he can induce spirits to communicate with him by means of rapping.
1853H. Paul Rappings & Table Movings 9 A rival spirit rapper! A genuine Medium. 1854O. A. Brownson (title), The Spirit-Rapper; an autobiography. 1860J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Doct. II. 38 To electro-biologists, spirit-rappers, and table-turners the same arguments must be used. 1881Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. 165 Their pretensions deserve essentially no more respect than those of spirit-rappers. |