单词 | whitecapper |
释义 | whitecappern. U.S. Now historical. = whitecap n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person slasher1559 cutter1569 bangsterc1570 hackster1574 hacker1576 swish-swash1582 burgullian1601 bully1604 bully ruffian1653 huff1674 bully-back1693 bully beau1696 shoulder-hitter1856 shoulder-striker1860 whitecapper1887 Macoute1991 1887 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 8 June 1/6 The White-Cappers are still in pursuit of him, and if caught he will swing. 1895 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Nov. 72/2 The law-breaker, whether he be lyncher or whitecapper, or merely the liquor-seller who desires to drive an illegal business. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 28 Jan. 9 The Mississippi has voted Gov. Vardaman a special appropriation to enable him to suppress the ‘white cappers’. 2008 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 6 Jan. d1 Masked whitecappers dragged Worley from his home, hanged him by a rope and left him to die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1887 |
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