loper

Yet I believe still George would rather have had old Loper by him in his extremity than any of them.

As the top is moved from the loper to the wheel, it regulates the degree of twist which the cord or rope is to receive.

He also expressed himself profanely and in very foul language, worse than the foulest sailor or dock-loper would have done.

“I do hope nothing has happened to him,” said Mrs Loper, with a solemnised face.

Mrs Loper, a weak-minded but amiable lady, asserted that a large family with 500 pounds a year was a poor family.