backarapper
backarapper noun: a firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.
Noun
backarapper (plural backarappers)
- A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.
- But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps.1954, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2012, page 27
- He would sink like an express lift and leap like a deer: at times he was almost flat on his back and when the hammer cracked he often appeared to be standing on his nose: like a backarapper he fizzed up and down and […]1956, John Petty, Five fags a day: the last year of a scrap-picker, Secker & Warburg, page 60
Forms of backarapper
| plural | backarappers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | backrapper |
| alternative form | back-rapper |
Origin of backarapper
Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets.
Questions about backarapper
- What does backarapper mean?
- Backarapper means a firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.
- What part of speech is backarapper?
- Backarapper is a noun.
- What is the plural of backarapper?
- The plural of backarapper is backarappers.
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