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scrapper

noun

Etymology

From scrap + -er.

  1. derived from *skreb-✻
  2. derived from *skrapōną✻
  3. derived from skrap
  4. derived from scrappe
  5. suffixed as scrapper — “scrap + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap…

    A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.

    • After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.

  2. A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.

    • He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.
    • "An old scrapper don't find many openings. Chucker-out at a pub with free drinks. Nothing doing there."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA