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capperbar

capperbar is the alternative spelling of cappabar.

Meaning of cappabar

Noun

cappabar (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) a misappropriation of government property; embezzlement or fraud carried out in the management of a ship.
    • If e'er the Fortune of the war
      Gave him a Prize, he'd cap a bar
      Like blazes--but stand clear! that elf
      Who dared to steal besides himself.Burton, Alfred (1818), The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London: Methuen and Co., page 209

Forms of capperbar

pluralcapperbars

Questions about capperbar

What is capperbar the alternative spelling of?
Capperbar is the alternative spelling of cappabar.

Words near capperbar in the dictionary

  1. Cappellis
  2. Cappello
  3. Cappellos
  4. Cappels
  5. capper
  6. capperbar
  7. capperbars
  8. capperclaw
  9. capperclawed
  10. capperclawing
  11. capperclaws

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