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Definition of Nappers
1. napper [n] - See also: napper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nappers
Literary usage of Nappers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reliquary (1876)
"nappers are said to be drinkers, from Nappe, the Saxon term for cup. Napery means
a kind of cloth, and perhaps the term here used in these verses may refer ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland (1882)
"It is quite true that itinerant flint- nappers formerly went through the country
making gun-flints; and there are still living at Larne, Glenarm, ..."
3. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"The" worker rolls " of nappers undergo severe service. ... The bearings on nappers
are subject to great wear, and must be carefully lubricated. ..."
4. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1899)
"In the concern I am with we have eight of these collectors, connected with French
nappers, and it seems to me that in considering these appliances with the ..."
5. Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1886)
"But it will be seen that the nappers hereby became owners of the Fee ... I believe
I am right in saying that the nappers here mentioned form the mos.t ..."
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