2. Noun. (obsolete) a sheep stealer ¹
3. Noun. (slang) the head ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth ¹
5. Noun. (context: in combination) any of several nouns with a similar meaning to kidnapper ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Napper
1. one that naps [n -S] - See also: naps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Napper
Literary usage of Napper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1820)
"1 HIS day, James napper Tandy, and Harvey Morris, esqrs. were brought to the ...
According to the direction of that act, the prisoner, James napper Tandy, ..."
2. Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison (1921)
"Squire napper I. BILL napper was a heavy man of something between ... The casual
observer set him down a navvy, but Mrs. napper punctiliously made it known ..."
3. The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times by Richard Robert Madden (1846)
"CHAPTER I. THE ancestors of James napper Tandy possessed considerable property
and influence in the ... James napper Tandy was born in Dublin in 1740. ..."
4. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"No one knew his right name, but as napper Nichols he was known in Erie and ...
napper had stolen the trunk of a Mrs. Kelly, a cook in an hotel at Corry," ..."
5. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"i The head : also napper. See TIBBY. — BE ( t- 1696) ; COLES (1706) ; BAILEY (1728)
... A hat ; a cap : also NAB-CHEAT and napper. See GOLGOTHA.—BE (f. ..."
6. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1820)
"... the Court of King's-Bench at Dublin, in the Case of JAMES napper TANDY and
... the prisoner, James napper Tandy, had been arrested and committed to the ..."
7. The Irish Nation: Its History and Its Biography by James Wills (1876)
"napper-Tandy was one of those, who, when much had been gained, ... napper-Tandy
also distinguished himself by taking an action against the viceroy, ..."
8. The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &c. Containing an by James Gordon (1813)
"SIR, ABOUT twelve o'clock a French brig came into this harbour, and immediately
landed a number of men and officers, napper Tandy at their head. ..."
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