·noun A kind of simple willow.
II. Whipper ·noun One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
III. Whipper ·noun One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.
·noun One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A diminutive fellow. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a church beadle. North, ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose