Rip"per (?), n. 1.
One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.
2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing
slates.
3. Anything huge, extreme, startling,
etc. [Slang.]
{ Rip"ler (?), Rip"per (?), }
n. [Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian.]
(O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to
markets in inland towns. [Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish.
Beau. &
Fl.