单词 | napper |
释义 | nappern.1 rare before 20th cent. A person who naps or habitually takes a nap. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > one who sleeps or is asleep > for a short period or lightly nappera1450 dozer1710 dozy1849 snoozer1878 a1450 MS Lansdowne 763 f. 60v Janglers cum japers, nappers, galpers, quoque drawers, Momlers [etc.] c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) 288 Cheualrye es fro hym gone, A nolde nappere als he were. 1730 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 14 Nov. 1/1 These are all very moderate Nappers, compar'd to the famous Seven Sleepers. 1823 I. Pocock Nigel iv. iii. 76 Strap. What, it's ill manners for a man To peep at's own wife napping! Nigel. But that napper Is not your wife. 1866 Harper's Weekly 10 Feb. 91/3 The old proverb, ‘He who would thrive must rise at five’, is constantly sounded in the ears of sleepy morning nappers. a1943 L. Hart Wandering Minstrel in Compl. Lyrics (1986) 45/2 The weariest of nappers awakens to his notes, And fourteen-year-old flappers tell Gaelic anecdotes. 1987 K. Morgan Sleep & Ageing ii. 41 The remaining nine were not habitual nappers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † nappern.2 Chiefly Criminals' slang. Obsolete. A cheat; a thief; (in later use) spec. a sheep stealer. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [noun] faitoura1340 fob1393 feature14.. foolmonger1593 napper1653 tiddlywinker1893 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > one who steals napper1653 rascal1978 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives swikec1000 wielerOE adderOE knavec1275 treacherc1290 guiler1303 gabbera1325 tricharda1327 faitoura1340 jugglera1340 beswiker1340 wernard1362 knackerc1380 beguilera1382 deceiver1382 illusor1382 deceivant1393 fob1393 falsea1400 mocker?c1450 feature14.. deceptor1484 seductor1490 bullera1500 troker?a1500 craftera1529 circumventorc1540 bobber1542 cloyner?1550 illuder?1550 tricker1550 double-dealer1567 treacherer1571 falsary1573 abuser1579 falser1579 treachetour1590 deluder1592 ignis fatuus1592 foolmonger1593 prestigiator1595 aguiler1598 baffler1606 cog-foist1606 feaguer1610 guile-man1614 hocus-pocus1624 colt1632 hoodwink1638 blindfoldera1649 napper1653 cheat1664 fooler1677 underdealer1682 circumvenerc1686 chincher1688 dodger1698 nickum1699 sheep-shearer1699 trickster1711 bilker1717 trickologist1723 taker-in1776 bilk1790 duper1792 Yorkshire bite1801 intake1808 gammoner1819 doer1840 delusionist1841 fiddler1857 snide1874 hoodwinker1884 tanger1886 take-down1888 tiddlywinker1893 wangler1912 frost1914 twicer1924 lurkman1945 jive-ass1964 skanker1973 1653 (title) A total rout of a pack of knaves and drabs, intituled..nappers, mobs and spanners. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Napper, a Cheat, or Thief. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Clank napper, a silver tankard stealer. c1825 Mod. Flash Dict. Napper, a sheep stealer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). nappern.3 colloquial. The head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 1724 Select Trials (1734) I. 473/2 Captain Towers..steps up towards me with his Quarter-staff, and said I must have one Knock at his Napper; but I clapping the Door too, prevented him. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Napper, the head. 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 274 By my soul your napper shall be broke. 1821 Sporting Mag. 8 233 He..run his napper against a stone wall. 1899 Speaker 9 Dec. 253/2 Wooly went off his napper. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xii. 232 Yer kin be drownded in yer barth, or git a chimney-pot dropped on yer napper in a gale o' wind. 1959 G. M. Wilson Shadows on Landing vii. 78 If anyone ever asked for an orangeade bottle on his napper, Fruity did. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! vi. 50 Harry had just stood there, pink with embarrassment as the rain had thrashed his bald napper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nappern.4 Obsolete. rare. A person who or a machine which raises the nap on cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > one who teaseler14.. nopster1480 teaser1483 cottoner1557 friezer1557 rower1738 napper1769 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > machine gig-mill1551 gigging-mill1789 raising gig1804 teasel1835 gig1842 gigging-machine1875 nappera1884 1769 Dublin Mercury 16 Sept. 2/2 The several cotteners and nappers in the city of Dublin. 1824 Times 6 Apr. 2/2 Mr. Hume..also presented a petition..from the cloth nappers and calender-workers of Glasgow. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 627/1 Napper, a machine for cleaning, napping, and surfacing hosiery goods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : -nappercomb. form < see also |
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