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scrapper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From scrap + -er.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • "An old scrapper don't find many openings. Chucker-out at a pub with free drinks. Nothing doing there." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
   • He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.

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