looper

[loo-per]

loop·er

[loo-per]
noun
1.
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
2.
a measuringworm.
3.
the thread holder in a sewing machine using two threads.
4.
Baseball. blooper (def. 3a).

Origin:
1725–35; loop1 + -er1
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Looper is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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looper (ˈluːpə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that loops or makes loops
2.  another name for a measuring worm

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