napper

plural nappers

1. A person who takes a nap.
2. slangThe head.

   You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.

   1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry, E.A. Sheppard, “Any Old Iron”

   2 more examples

   Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper.

   1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297

   As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.

   2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did, page 96

   Synonyms: bean, beaner, belfry, block, bonce, brainbox, brain bucket, calabash

3. obsoleteA machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
4. obsoleteA sheepstealer.

plural Nappers

1. A surname originating as an occupation.