swapperswoppern.
/ˈswɒpə/, U.S. /ˈswɑpər/ 1. Something very big; a ‘whopper’; spec. a ‘thumping’ lie. slang or dialect.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > something exceedingly great in degree
the utter1584
swinger1599
a devil of a ——1604
thumper1660
whisker1668
a (also the, one) hell of a ——c1680
swapperc1700
spanker1751
whopper1785
whacker1825
whanger1825
utmost1856
howler1872
hell1931
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind
swinger1599
rapper1653
thumper1660
whisker1668
spanker1751
slapper1781
whopper1785
skelper1790
smasher1794
pelter1811
swapper1818
jumbo1823
sneezer1823
whacker1825
whanger1825
infant1832
bulger1835
three-decker1835
bouncer1842
snorter1859
whalera1860
plonker1862
bruiser1868
snapper1874
plumper1881
boomer1885
heavy1897
sollicker1898
sanakatowzer1903
Moby Dicka1974
stonker1987
c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 Swapper, a great lie is called a swapper.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 36 After they have confess'd their swappers to the Jesuits or some of the Regulars.
1818 Maginn in Blackwood's Mag. 4 321 I'm a swapper, as every one knows, In my pumps six feet three inches high.
2. One who ‘swaps’, exchanges, or barters. slang or colloquial.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] > one who exchanges
exchanger1531
permuter1552
swapper1680
interchanger1861
1680 Reflect. on Late Libel 28 The Author had..been Lecturer there at this day, (for he is no Starter, nor Shifter, nor Swapper of Livings).
?a1700 in S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 308 The headlong fool who wants to be a swopper Of gold and silver coin for English copper.
1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 14 Nov. In this case a man casting other than a straight ticket may be called a ‘trader’ or ‘swapper.’
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