S. African. [a. Du. looper, lit. ‘runner.’] pl. A kind of large buck-shot.
1889. Rider Haggard, Allan’s Wife, 47. Now, boy, the gun, no, not the rifle, the shot-gun loaded with loopers.
1900. Westm. Gaz., 16 May, 5/2. Mr. Green was only armed with a shot gun and cartridges loaded with loopers.
