† Fopper

Obs. [? f. FOP v. + -ER¹; cf. Ger. fopper, hoaxer, quizzer.]

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1. = FOP sb. 1.

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1598. Florio, Tentennone … a fopper, a fool.

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2. ? A hoaxer, a buffoon.

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1659. Torriano, Fiappatore, a flapper, a fopper.

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1719. D’Urfey, Pills, V. 349.

	Sow grumblers, Wench Fumblers give ear ev’ry Man:
	Mobb’d Sinners in Pinners, kept Foppers, Bench-hoppers,
	High-Flyers, Pit-Plyers be still if you can:
	You’re all in Damnation, you’re all in Damnation for Leading the Van.

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So Fopperishness, foolishness; † Fopperly a., silly, foolish.

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1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, 41. Their fopperly god is not so good as a red herring.

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1683. Tryon, Way to Health, Pref. Consider the Fopperishness of those things I speak against, and withal how destructive they are to Mankind.

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