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Slapper

//ˈslæpɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, slaps. countable
  2. 2
    a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand wordnet
  3. 3
    A prostitute. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang

    "A fella looking dapper / And he's sittin' with a slapper / Then I see it's a pimp / And his crack whore"

  4. 4
    A woman of loose morals. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang
  5. 5
    A type of detonator which uses a powerful surge of electricity to vaporize a thin metal foil, propelling a larger piece of plastic film at a speed high enough to detonate an explosive upon impact. countable
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  1. 6
    Anything monstrous; a whopper. archaic, countable, slang

Etymology

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."

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