rapper

  1. Noun.  One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
  2. Noun.  A performer of rap music.
  3. Noun.  A forcible oath or lie.
  4. Noun.  ''obsolete:'' Scottish English word for "sword.".
  5. Noun.  A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
  6. Noun.  A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.

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