looper noun1.
['lu:pǝ] M18.[from (the same root as) LOOP verb1 + -ER1.]1. The caterpillar of a geometrid moth, which moves by successive curving and straightening actions.
M18.2. A contrivance for making loops in a sewing-machine etc.; an implement for looping strips together in making rag-carpets.
M19.3. A person who loops the loop, or who has done so.
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looper noun2.
['lʊǝpǝ] S. Afr. (now
Hist.).
E19.[Afrikaans from Dutch, lit. 'runner'.]Any of the lugs or pellets of buck shot, usu. made by cutting a ball in four. Usu. in
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