warper

[ wawr-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of warper¹

before 1000; Old English weorpere thrower (in ME only in compounds); warp, -er ¹

But Tommy shook his head, and sat down sympathetically beside the warper.

"She got into the way o' letting you do everything for her," the warper responded sourly.

Robbins was at this time the warper, and the unlucky task of warping for this lady, fell to him.

Amelia Davis, a warper, was hit on the head by a brick as she hurried from the second floor.

Tommy removed his hand, but he continued to look yearningly at the warper.

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