scrapper
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scrapper1
First recorded in 1640–50; scrap 1 + -er 1
Origin of scrapper2
Example Sentences
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"I've got a punch bag in the garage but I'm not a scrapper," he said, adding that his actions at the time were about self preservation.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Gawky and bespectacled but with the brio of a scrapper, Pearlman was dressed like a quintessential sports geek: black-and-yellow Pittsburgh Pirates hat and Pittsburgh Maulers shirt, the latter a long-gone professional football team.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025
The city's Department of Public Health eventually denied the permit the scrapper needed to operate.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2023
In his bio, Sigg presented himself not as a scrapper but as a savant with “unprecedented standards.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022
I'm not the scrapper I thought I could be.
From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.
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