capper

[kap-er]

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noun

a person or thing that caps.
Also called topper. something that completes or adds to what has preceded it: The capper was that we didn't know each other after all.
Slang. an informer, especially for gamblers.

Slang. a by-bidder at an auction.

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Origin of capper

1350–1400 (for sense “cap maker”); 1580–90 (for def 1); Middle English; see cap¹, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for capper

Contemporary Examples

“I think people love those cats things because they want something real,” says Capper.
VICE Filmmaker Andy Capper on Snoop Lion Doc, Chief Keef Series, More
Marlow Stern
March 15, 2013
Capper got his start in journalism at 17, working for the local Liverpool newspaper, Visiter.
VICE Filmmaker Andy Capper on Snoop Lion Doc, Chief Keef Series, More
Marlow Stern
March 15, 2013
Grabbing a prime-time anchor spot in exchange for cheerleading for a controversial merger would be the capper on that career.
Sharpton's Affirmative-Action Win
Wayne Barrett
July 27, 2011

Historical Examples

As a capper he digs up that envelop, to show her there needn't be any hitch in the program.
Shorty McCabe
Sewell Ford
It is amazing the many who were willing to play the part of capper in this game.
Watch Yourself Go By
Al. G. Field
Rawlinson reported that Capper with two brigades was still in Ghent.
1914
John French, Viscount of Ypres
He is a sort of bouncer, or capper for that gambling joint run by Plimsoll.
Rimrock Trail
J. Allan Dunn
Capper (appearing quietly from room L., and locking the door behind him).
Two Men of Sandy Bar
Bret Harte