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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1904-1922, 1985
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CHAPPER, n.
1. A beetle for pounding. Known to our Bnff., Abd. and Ags. correspondents (1939).Abd. 1904 W. A. G. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 37:
Aince timmer gear o' ilka kin' Was bocht by passers-by, man, Brose caups and tattie chappers fine.Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 36:
Or she used dripping and a little sausage meat instead, and the tatties were turned into stovies. The simple wooden chapper and spurtle were the tools that worked the magic, ...
2. A door knocker (Bnff.2, Abd.19, Arg.1 1939).Ags. 1922 V. Jacob Tales of my own Country 249:
Wha bides in yon house wi' the brass chapper?
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