Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the fifteenth century, the roughened or studded gripe of the lance.
- noun The ring or hollow cylinder of iron through which the shaft of a lance passes and by which it is seized. Compare
bur , 6.
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Examples
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You, on the other hand, are a sour-graper, a dead-ender, and exhibit a high probability of showing up on CNN as the perpetrator of some kind of gun crime, probably the slaughter of your own family, or perhaps a handful of coworkers.
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One sieve, one bacon trough, a cheese press, one little tub, eight shelves, one graper for a well.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
jinglebelljosie commented on the word graper
handle or part of a lance which is grasped
November 8, 2008