floppern.

/ˈflɒpə/

Etymology: < flop v. 2a, 2b

U.S.

1. Criminals' slang. A perpetrator of any of several kinds of frauds.

ΚΠ

1876 B. Harte Gabriel Conroy vi. ii. 312 It is worthy of a short-card sharp and a keno flopper.

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 35 Flopper, in general use by money changers, switchers (substituters); flim~flammers.

1960 F. 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, esp. in politics.

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1880 Cleveland Leader 8 June 1/7 On the twenty-fifth ballot the Florida flopper went to Sherman.

1904 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 17 Aug. 4 There are always floppers. The mere circumstance that somebody deserts his party and goes over to the other proves nothing.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 28 Dec. 1 Assemblyman Rogers is a flopper because he withdrew from the speakership race and re-entered it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	flopper
释义	floppern. /ˈflɒpə/ Etymology: < flop v. 2a, 2b U.S. 1. Criminals' slang. A perpetrator of any of several kinds of frauds. ΚΠ 1876 B. Harte Gabriel Conroy vi. ii. 312 It is worthy of a short-card sharp and a keno flopper. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 35 Flopper, in general use by money changers, switchers (substituters); flim~flammers. 1960 F. 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, esp. in politics. ΚΠ 1880 Cleveland Leader 8 June 1/7 On the twenty-fifth ballot the Florida flopper went to Sherman. 1904 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 17 Aug. 4 There are always floppers. The mere circumstance that somebody deserts his party and goes over to the other proves nothing. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 28 Dec. 1 Assemblyman Rogers is a flopper because he withdrew from the speakership race and re-entered it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1876
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