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cap⋅per

[kap-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that caps.
2. Also called topper. something that completes or adds to what has preceded it: The capper was that we didn't know each other after all.
3. Slang. an informer, esp. for gamblers.
4. Slang. a by-bidder at an auction.

Origin:
1350–1400 (for sense “cap maker”); 1580–90 (for def. 1); ME; see cap 1 , -er 1
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cap·per   (kāp'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that caps or makes caps.

  2. Informal Something that surpasses or completes what has gone before; a finishing touch or finale.

  3. Slang One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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capper [ˈkæpɚ]

  1. n.
    the climax or clincher of something. : The capper of the evening was when the hostess got lathered before midnight and couldn't celebrate the New Year.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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