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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPPER

n.[from cap. ] One whose business is to make or sell caps.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPPER

CAPPER Cap "per, n.

1. One whose business is to make or sell caps.

2. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

3. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

New American Oxford Dictionary

capper

cap per |ˈkapər ˈkæpər | ▶noun informal a more surprising, upsetting, or entertaining event or situation than all others that have gone before: the capper was him accusing her of ripping off his car.

Oxford Dictionary

capper

cap ¦per |ˈkapə | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a more surprising, upsetting, or entertaining event or situation than all others that have gone before: the capper was him accusing her of ripping off his car.