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Kelper /ˈkelpə /noun informalA native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands: like many of the 3,000 other Kelpers, he is a descendant of 19th-century British immigrants...- Kelpers receive random telephone calls from the mainland in the night.
- But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates?
- He headed the Falklands Islands Association and the UK Falklands Islands Committee, agitating on behalf of his Kelpers until 1988.
Origin 1960s: from kelp + -er1 (from the abundance of kelp found on the shores of the islands). |