loper
see also: Loper
Noun
Loper
Proper noun
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see also: Loper
Noun
loper (plural lopers)
- One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
- (ropemaking) A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
loper (plural lopers)
- (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
- 1905 April 22, C. Blanco, "Flanking a Wolf", in Forest and Stream, page 314:
- When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...]
- Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf.
- When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...]
- 1936, James Shannon Buchanan, Chronicles of Oklahoma
- Besides the cattle company paid a bounty for each coyote, loper wolf, panther, bobcat or bear. We had to buy our own six-shooter but the company furnished ammunition free. So it can be seen why most cowboys were pretty good shots.
- 1905 April 22, C. Blanco, "Flanking a Wolf", in Forest and Stream, page 314:
Loper
Proper noun
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