Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled
whopper .
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- noun Alternative form of
whopper .
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Examples
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Her eye wandered to the further woodland, softest of all in hazy veils; to the nearer brilliant vegetation; the open fallow; the wood behind her, where the trees closed in upon each other; oftenest of all, at the 'whapper' of a tree in which Mr. Linden still kept his place, and at the happy busy sight and sound of all under that tree.
Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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I want more whopper (mistyped first as whapper) eggs, a good book I haven't read yet, and an iced mocha.
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2004
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I also went on board a seventy-four, employed as a receiving ship; "a whapper! of her size," low between decks, but with a floor like a barn, and the greatest beam I ever saw in a two-decker.
Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Tyrone Power 1818
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a heart big enough for you all; it's a whapper, you may depend, and every mite and morsel of it at your service. '
The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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a heart big enough for you all; its a whapper, you may depend, and every mite and morsel of it at your service. '
The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"Now Mr. Linden," said Joe Deacon, "_this_ tree's a whapper!
Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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