backarapper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.

Word forms

backarapper backarappers backrapper back-rapper

Etymology

Properly, backrapper, from back + rapper. From the dialect of Warwickshire in the Midlands of England. Compare backrackets.

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