scrapper
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scrapper1
First recorded in 1640–50; scrap 1 + -er 1
Origin of scrapper2
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Winstone previously said his character was "a bit of a scrapper, surly and getting on a bit".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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
The Kraken defensemen are the ones expected to respond most physically when an opposing blue-liner or known scrapper starts going at guys.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Bud Hayes has some reputation as a scrapper, and he certainly was all that I could handle, but if I hadn’t tripped over that blamed can I could have taken care of him all right.
From The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room by Allen Chapman
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