caper merchant

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

caper merchant (plural caper merchants)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A teacher of dancing.
    Synonym: hop merchant
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see caper,‎ merchant. (one who sells capers for food etc.)

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary