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catnappers

catnappers is the plural of catnapper.

Meaning of catnapper

Noun

catnapper (plural catnappers)

  1. One who takes a short sleep or nap.
    • Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a...1965, The New Yorker, page 28
  2. The kidnapper of a cat.
    • Mr. Harding was contacted by the catnappers, and arrangements were made for him to pay a ransom and recover the animal.1999, Elane Osborn, The Cop and Calamity Jane, page 103

Questions about catnappers

What is catnappers the plural of?
Catnappers is the plural of catnapper.

Words near catnappers in the dictionary

  1. catnap
  2. catnaper
  3. catnapers
  4. catnapped
  5. catnapper
  6. catnappers
  7. catnapping
  8. catnappings
  9. catnaps
  10. catne
  11. catnep

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