Backarapper
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other. West-Midlands
"But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps."
Example
More examples"But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps."
Etymology
Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets.
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