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The human mind doesn't seem to be able to associate Henry and me with the Ritz without the sense of the eternal fitness of things going wapper-jawed and catawampus.

The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me William Allen White 1906

“And a wapper, too; when I first saw it I thought it was a rabbit, and now it's bigger than a deer, and still a mile or two off,” said Joe.

Wild Western Scenes Jones, John Beauchamp 1875

“How do you know it was a wapper?” asked Joe, somewhat what embarrassed by Sneak's home-thrust.

Wild Western Scenes Jones, John Beauchamp 1875

“Then what made you tell that wapper for, the other night, about cutting that Indian's throat?”

Wild Western Scenes Jones, John Beauchamp 1875

Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed, carrot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, -- my case was yet worse.

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

Swash carried a wapper of a fore-and-aft mainsail, and, what is more, it was fitted with a standing gaff, for appearance in port.

Jack Tier; Or, the Florida Reef 1848

"If I'd only been thinking about such a wapper, and had been on my guard," said Joe, "splash me if he should ever have got my rod away in that manner -- I'd have taken a ducking first!"

Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described 1838

"Then what made you tell that wapper for, the other night, about cutting that Indian's throat?"

Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described 1838

"And a wapper, too; when I first saw it I thought it was a rabbit, and now it's bigger than a deer, and still a mile or two off," said Joe.

Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described 1838

"How do you know it was a wapper?" asked Joe, somewhat what embarrassed by Sneak's home-thrust.

Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described 1838