napper

napper
napper1
/nap"euhr/, n.
1. a textile worker who naps cloth.
2. a machine for putting a nap on cloth.
[1760-70; NAP2 + -ER1]
napper2
/nap"euhr/, n.
a person who naps or dozes.
[1350-1400; ME; see NAP1, -ER1]

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