Etymology

crapper

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Today it means: A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper. Full definition →

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crapper · noun, adjective1

From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper (“harvester of crops, farmer”).

crapper · noun2

Unknown.

crapper · noun3

Blend of crap (“implying that rap music is inferior”) + rapper.

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