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Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other. Full definition →
Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.