NAPPER

Etymology

Noun

napper (plural nappers)

a person who takes a nap

(obsolete) a sheep stealer

(slang) the head

(obsolete) a machine used to raise the nap on cloth

Synonyms

• (sheep thief): sheepstealer

Hypernyms

• (sheep thief): see rustler

Anagrams

• papern, rappen

Proper noun

Napper (plural Nappers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Napper is the 11216th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2819 individuals. Napper is most common among White (57.57%) and Black/African American (37.96%) individuals.

Anagrams

• papern, rappen

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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