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slapper

slap·per

UK/ˈslæpə/ US/ˈslæpɚ/ rare archaic slang uk

noun

1.

a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand

  • “someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was”
  • “my father was the designated spanker in our family”
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Origin

From slap + -er. For senses 2 and 3, the OED tentatively quotes the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: "This working class term from East London and Essex is probably a corruption of shlepper or schlepper, a word of Yiddish origin, one of whose meanings is a slovenly or immoral woman."

Phrases

  • ankle slapper
  • happy slapper
  • Kappa slapper
  • knee slapper
  • tank slapper
  • wicker slapper

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