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backarappers

backarappers is the plural of backarapper.

Meaning of backarapper

Noun

backarapper (plural backarappers)

  1. (West-Midlands) 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

Questions about backarappers

What is backarappers the plural of?
Backarappers is the plural of backarapper.

Words near backarappers in the dictionary

  1. backake
  2. backal
  3. backalong
  4. backannotation
  5. backarapper
  6. backarappers
  7. backararar
  8. backarc
  9. backarcs
  10. backare
  11. backassward

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