slappern.¹

/ˈslapə/

Etymology: < slap v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. dialect. A large thing or object; a big, strapping, or overgrown person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind

swinger1599

rapper1653

thumper1660

whisker1668

spanker1751

slapper1781

whopper1785

skelper1790

smasher1794

pelter1811

swapper1818

jumbo1823

sneezer1823

whacker1825

whanger1825

infant1832

bulger1835

three-decker1835

bouncer1842

snorter1859

whalera1860

plonker1862

bruiser1868

snapper1874

plumper1881

boomer1885

heavy1897

sollicker1898

sanakatowzer1903

Moby Dicka1974

stonker1987

1781– in northern dial. glossaries.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Slapper, any large object; as a big salmon, Roxb.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 244 Slapper,..applied to persons and things, but most frequently to over-grown females.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 244 ‘She's a slapper.’

a. One who slaps; spec. in Pottery.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > involved in specific process

glazer1839

slapper1860

mould-runner1863

lathe-treader1865

jollier?1881

tower1894

ground-layer1898

placer1898

lead-glazier1899

glazier1900

thimble-picker1901

jiggerer1921

1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. Pottery 32 The workman called the slapper takes a mass of the paste, weighing from sixty to seventy pounds, and dashes it down on a bench before him.

1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 159 When the clay is to be used, the slapper does his work.

b. In jazz, one who plays the double bass (see slap v.¹ 1d).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > bass-player

bassist1870

contrabassist1884

string bass1927

slapper1934

bassman1952

bull-fiddler1957

1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vi. 126 So a race of pickers and slappers..sprang into being.

1936 Swing Music Mar. 9/2 Steve Brown, that tremendous string~bass slapper.

3. An implement used for slapping with.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun]

castigatorya1641

walloper1832

slappera1886

a1886 H. S. Brown Autobiogr. (1887) iv. 18 Mr. Stowell had on his desk a broad wooden slapper, to be smitten with which we were commanded to hold out our hands.

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British slang (derogatory). A promiscuous woman. Frequently in old slapper.See quot. 1990 for a postulated connection with Yiddish schlepper ‘unkempt, scruffy person; gossipy, dowdy woman’; however there is some gap in sense. Cf. also quot. 1854¹ at sense 1.

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1988 Guardian 7 Sept. 16/5 She is called a silly slapper, a trout and a fat old truffle.

1990 T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. Contemp. Slang 468/1 Slapper in British, a prostitute or slut. This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman.

1995 Observer 19 Mar. (Life Suppl.) 34/1 She was on Clive Anderson wearing a very short skirt. If I'd have done that, everyone would have said: ‘Oh, look at that old slapper!’

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 22 The Tarts' Department.., Aladdin's Cave of robbable cosmetics, which..I've decided to boycott until they've fired all those orange-faced slappers and had a complete staff turnaround.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slapper
释义	slappern.¹ /ˈslapə/ Etymology: < slap v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. dialect. A large thing or object; a big, strapping, or overgrown person. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 1781– in northern dial. glossaries. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Slapper, any large object; as a big salmon, Roxb. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 244 Slapper,..applied to persons and things, but most frequently to over-grown females. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 244 ‘She's a slapper.’ 2. a. One who slaps; spec. in Pottery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > involved in specific process glazer1839 slapper1860 mould-runner1863 lathe-treader1865 jollier?1881 tower1894 ground-layer1898 placer1898 lead-glazier1899 glazier1900 thimble-picker1901 jiggerer1921 1860 C. Tomlinson Useful Arts & Manuf. 2nd Ser. Pottery 32 The workman called the slapper takes a mass of the paste, weighing from sixty to seventy pounds, and dashes it down on a bench before him. 1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 159 When the clay is to be used, the slapper does his work. b. In jazz, one who plays the double bass (see slap v.¹ 1d). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > bass-player bassist1870 contrabassist1884 string bass1927 slapper1934 bassman1952 bull-fiddler1957 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vi. 126 So a race of pickers and slappers..sprang into being. 1936 Swing Music Mar. 9/2 Steve Brown, that tremendous string~bass slapper. 3. An implement used for slapping with. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] castigatorya1641 walloper1832 slappera1886 a1886 H. S. Brown Autobiogr. (1887) iv. 18 Mr. Stowell had on his desk a broad wooden slapper, to be smitten with which we were commanded to hold out our hands. Draft additions December 2002 British slang (derogatory). A promiscuous woman. Frequently in old slapper.See quot. 1990 for a postulated connection with Yiddish schlepper ‘unkempt, scruffy person; gossipy, dowdy woman’; however there is some gap in sense. Cf. also quot. 1854¹ at sense 1. ΚΠ 1988 Guardian 7 Sept. 16/5 She is called a silly slapper, a trout and a fat old truffle. 1990 T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. Contemp. Slang 468/1 Slapper in British, a prostitute or slut. This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman. 1995 Observer 19 Mar. (Life Suppl.) 34/1 She was on Clive Anderson wearing a very short skirt. If I'd have done that, everyone would have said: ‘Oh, look at that old slapper!’ 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 22 The Tarts' Department.., Aladdin's Cave of robbable cosmetics, which..I've decided to boycott until they've fired all those orange-faced slappers and had a complete staff turnaround. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slappern.² Etymology: < slap v.³ + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslapper. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. (See quot. 1611.) ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Licheur, a licker, lapper, or slapper vp of. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1781n.²1611
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