a spiked metal frame fastened to the sole of a shoe to prevent slipping on ice
2.
a person who attaches a wheel clamp to an illegally parked vehicle
clamper in American English
(ˈklæmpər)
noun
1.
a clamp; pincer
2.
a spiked metal plate worn on the sole of a shoe to prevent slipping on ice
Word origin
[1815–25; clamp + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, artifact, heuristic, norm, welterweight-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'clamper' in a sentence
clamper
No doubt every cowboy car clamper is eagerly applying for one of these licences.
The Sun (2009)
Except when a cowboy car clamper does it.
The Sun (2009)
Within minutes of being called the clamper arrived in a tow truck.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
More than 100 callers, including close associates of the 39-year-old wheel clamper, have rung police with information.
The Sun (2008)
The former bouncer and wheel clamper, right, was given a whole life sentence yesterday in his absence.
The Sun (2011)
Bradford council is seeking an antisocial behaviour order against a car-clamper who is accused of intimidating drivers.