Whapper | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

whapper
A large man or woman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
whapper
Anything uncommonly large; as, 'That's a whopper,' meaning a monstrous lie. 'In angling to-day, I ca...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
whapper
The largest of the turtle kind, attaining 7 or 8 cwts., off Ascension. [The name is supposed to be d...

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