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capper noun- a clincher; something that beats all others UK, 1960
- — Robert S. Gold, A Jazz Lexicon, p. 48, 1964
- You know, like the capper on a bad fuckin’ day. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 381, 1992
- in a drug-selling enterprise, a person who fills capsules with a drug US
- If you’re a good capper and cap it yourself and sell part of it and use the rest yourself you can double your money. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 122, 1958
- in a confidence swindle, a person who lures the victim into the swindle US, 1753
From the verb CAP- “I understand you guys are looking for a capper to rope a mark,” she said as she hugged John, but only looked over at Beano. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, p. 138, 1997
- in an auction, a dummy bidder US, 1853
- 14. No person shall at any auction act as a “capper,” “booster” or “shill” or offer to make any false bid to buy or pretend to buy any article sold or offered for sale. — City of Halifax Ordinance Number 146, 1985
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