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capper

[kap-er]

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noun

a person or thing that caps. cap.
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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Word History and Origins

Origin of capper¹

1350–1400 (for sense “cap maker”); 1580–90 capper ( for def. 1 ); Middle English; cap ¹, -er ¹

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As a capper, right when Eve starts to drive away, there’s a neat crane move with a motivation I don’t want to spoil.

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Last week served up the capper when we learned that Trump officials are coordinating their actions on Signal, an app with an auto-delete feature, in violation of multiple federal laws requiring communications to be preserved and protected.

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As a capper, he fired Admiral Linda Fagan from commanding the Coast Guard.

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The capper to the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake doesn't involve the "GNX" rapper at all.

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Mr Owen recently met PC Logan and PC Capper at their base in St Asaph for the first time since the incident.

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