(n.) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
(n.) An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
Example Sentences:
(1) The symptoms in a group of 80 patients with a pure sliding hiatus hernia were investigated using the pyloric regulation test (Capper, Airth, and Kilby, 1966).
(2) Using a radiological test for pyloric regurgitation described by Capper, Airth, and Kilby (1966), it was confirmed that the pylorus is normally competent but incompetent in gastric ulcer and chronic alcoholic gastritis and often incompetent in chronic duodenal ulcer.
(3) The capper was Jack And Jill, for which Sandler, playing a twin brother and sister, won both Worst Actor and Actress at the Razzies.
(4) Ali Capper, NFU horticulture and potatoes board chair, said: “We are delighted that Lidl has publicly committed to our pledge, highlighting its commitment to long-term supply relationships, equitable distribution of reward along the supply chain, and fair and respectful trading relationships.
Carper
Definition:
(n.) One who carps; a caviler.
Example Sentences:
(1) 3.11pm BST Carper rejects blame on the Obama administration for the increase of child immigrants.
(2) Sure, the carpers will bring up all the times the credit rating agencies have got it wrong in the past.
(3) Given the unique circumstances of the Presidency, OGE’s view is that a President should comply with this law by divesting conflicting assets, establishing a qualified blind trust, or both,” the agency wrote in response to questions from the Democratic senator Thomas Carper.
(4) 3.51pm BST Carper asks the first question: "Why this shift in Mexican migration, almost to an out-migration?
(5) This review by Congress is long overdue,” said chairman Tom Carper.
(6) His words are a low rumble not a full-scale eruption, and he moves on quickly: why waste time on the carpers and little Englanders?
(7) Blando added that the Democratic senators Tom Carper of Delaware, Mark Warner of Virginia and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island had also traded valuable health-related stocks.
(8) Committee chairman Thomas Carper, Democrat of Delaware, is discussing the particularly difficult nature of the question of what to do with child immigrants from Central America.
(9) That said, appropriations law prohibits the use of DHS grant dollars for the purchase of goods or services from other federal departments or agencies.” Senator Tom Carper, the Delaware Democrat who chairs the homeland security committee, said the grants “provide critical resources to ensure that state and local emergency management agencies and first responders are prepared to effectively respond to instances of terrorism and other disasters – both natural and manmade.” In a statement to the Guardian, Carper said his committee “will continue to closely examine the Department of Homeland Security’s grant programs and its implementation in communities across the nation as part of our ongoing oversight efforts”.
(10) Many others, including young marines, quite literally have done so.” Democratic senator for Delaware Tom Carper described Kelly as: “exceptionally well qualified leader”, and added: “He has the courage to stay out of step when everyone is marching in tune.” 3.56pm: The hearing into John Kelly’s nomination as homeland security secretary commenced with opening remarks from the homeland security and governmental affairs committee chair, Wisconsin Republican senator Ron Johnson , who described Kelly as an “extraordinary individual, a great American who has served faithfully and sacrificed mightily for this nation”.
(11) Republicans have to go forward and have their vote that they’re preparing early next week,” said Carper.
(12) In February, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del) also introduced the Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015, which would accomplish similar goals.
(13) Tom Carper, a Democratic senator from Delaware, said he had been speaking to Republicans privately about working together to stabilize the insurance markets if a repeal vote fails.
(14) Although personal knowing, i.e., discovery of self-and-other arrived at through reflection, synthesis of perceptions, and connecting with what is known, has been identified as a fundamental way of knowing for nursing (Carper, 1978), the process has not previously been systematically developed or tied in with the theoretical, syntactical, and practice structures of nursing.