rapper

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From rap + -er.

Trim! said my uncle Toby——but as he articulated the word, the minute expired, and Trim let fall the rapper. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne
She wiped her eyes hastily, knowing they were red and swollen, and turned to glare at the impatient rapper. — I am a woman, Ann Bannon
When these 'ere wild Highland rappers and renders come, he's just primed up to make 'em a grand speech at bridge yonder, and if that dunna frighten 'em off, nuthin' wull, and my cellars will be as ill filled with beer as Timothy's coat is with brawn. — The Yeoman Adventurer, George W. Gough

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