cappern.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > making caps > one who
capper1389
cap-makerc1440
cap-knitter1465
cap-man1647
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 12 Philippo atte Vyne, Cappere, ciui Londonie.
1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII ix No hatter nor capper..[shall] put to sell any hatte..above the price of xxd.
1574 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 158 Richarde Philipes, capper.
1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 3 He..bryngeth wyth him..a Capper of the same towne.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 162 The benefit that may come..to the Cappers of Bewdley.
1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 67 In the reign of Elizabeth the cappers made a violent struggle to counteract the trade of their rivals.
2. One who caps; in various senses of the verb.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > poet who caps verses
capper1850
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xviii. 330 A thousand flatterers and as many crouchers and cappers.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. 100 An excellent capper of verses.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Capper, an extinguisher.
3. dialect. A person or thing who ‘caps’ or ‘beats’ all others; a thing which ‘beats’ one's comprehension.
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1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (1840) 13 Nea yan knas what it means, it's a capper.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 45 Then at dancin, O he was a capper!
1868 E. Waugh in Lanc. Gloss. That's a capper of a tale, as heaw!
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness It's a capper wheear mah knife's gone teeah.
4. One who or that which caps: in various technical senses.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > one who or that which covers > at the top or end
cappera1884
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 162/2 Capper, a tool used in placing the priming cap on its seat in the rear end of the metallic shell.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 June 4/3 Employed by the prosecuting firm [of perfumers] as ‘cappers’.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §138 Glass capper, cuts off glass as it leaves tubes of glass blowing machine.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §459 Capper, bottle,..fixes a small paper, tin, or lead foil cover over corks of bottles.
1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 90 A combined unit which fills the bottle and applies its own aluminium cap... A 20-head filler and 8-head capper.
5. An accomplice, esp. a confederate in a gambling game; a dummy bidder at an auction. slang (chiefly U.S.).
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists
fellowa1382
accessory1414
accessary1451
confederate1495
confederator1536
snapperc1555
complice1581
accomplice?1589
assistor1601
socius criminis1602
fedariea1616
complier1619
particeps criminisa1634
correspondent1639
complicate1662
capper1753
palc1770
partner in crime1831
sidekick1893
side-kicker1894
ram1941
1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 27 There is generally four Persons concerned, that is, the Sailor, call'd a Legg Cull, to pinch the Nobb; the next is the Capper, who always keeps with the Sailor.
1853 Alta California (San Francisco) 25 Apr. 1/7 A glib-mouthed auctioneer and at least two cappers, puffers, or decoy-ducks.
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 319 Cappers they [‘strikers’] are called, when the game is the famous Three-Card Monte.
1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 712/2 Professional ‘boomers’ with a retinue of surveyors and cappers and strikers, invaded the State.
1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 109 He glanced around swiftly, trying to locate the cappers, but they were not to be seen.
1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 184 His ‘cappers’, ‘boosters’, and ‘shills’..always beat them to the pieces of soap containing the money.
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