[f. LAP v.2 + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who laps or folds up (linen).

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1732.  Swift, Consid. two Bills, Pr. Wks. 1898, III. 269. They may be lappers of linen, bailiffs of the manor, they may let blood [etc.].

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1891.  Labour Commission, Gloss., Lappers, male operatives who fold into shape for the market the various fabrics that are manufactured in the textile industry.

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1893.  Star, 29 April, 2/6. The trade of the linen lapper consists in measuring the goods and folding them for the different markets.

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  2.  = lapping-machine (see LAPPING vbl. sb.2 3).

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  In some mod. Dicts.

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