noun · rare

crapper

crapper · crappers

A chamber pot or toilet, particularly a flush toilet by Thomas CrapperA chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.

US/ˈkɹæ.pɚ/

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Meaning

4 senses

(mildly, slang, vulgar)A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
толчо́кtolčók, сорти́рsortír
(mildly, slang, vulgar)A lavatory or outhouse.
A half-glass of whiskey.
(derogatory, often, slang, vulgar)A rapper, or a performer of rap music.

More definitions

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Examples

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Translations

2 languages

Русский

coarse slang for a device or place to defecate — see also chamber pot, toilet, lavatory, outhouse:

Origin

From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's pl

From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper (“harvester of crops, farmer”).

Blend of crap (“implying that rap music is inferior”) + rapper.

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