Catnapper
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who takes a short sleep or nap.
"Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps."
- 2 The kidnapper of a cat.
"Mr. Harding was contacted by the catnappers, and arrangements were made for him to pay a ransom and recover the animal."
Example
More examples"Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps."
Etymology
From catnap + -er or blend of cat + kidnapper.
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