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- proper noun An English
occupational surname , variant ofCropper ( "acropper "). - proper noun Thomas Crapper, English
plumber who developed and popularised thewater closet .
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Steele: Roy Blunt Should Be Cleaned Out Of The "Crapper" | TPMDC
Steele: Roy Blunt Should Be Cleaned Out Of The "Crapper" 2009
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Nah, more like a mix of datura and PCP; flat barking delusional, our Loo Tenant (Residentista de Crapper).
Think Progress » Mark Krikorian: ‘Haiti’s So Screwed Up Because It Wasn’t Colonized Long Enough’ 2010
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Now with the new Mobile Crapper your prayers have been answered!
Highlights from our funny contest winners! » Scene-Stealers 2009
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The horse's name was not lost on the course commentator John Hunt, who noted: "The gamble on Thomas Crapper looks like it's going down the pan."
Tattenham Corner 2011
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I once heard that the modern toilet was invented by a man named J.P. Crapper … has anybody else heard that?
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Thomas Crapper made his debut at Towcester last Sunday, finishing only fourth of five despite being well backed.
Tattenham Corner 2011
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I want to be reminded that Kate is travelling from the royal suite of the Goring Hotel with its original 19th-century lavatory by Thomas Crapper.
Victoria Coren: why I shall be up at dawn to watch the royal family in all its bizarre glory 2011
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Crapper, who was a plumber by trade in the 19th century, is often incorrectly credited for the invention of the flushing toilet, but put his name to a variety of lavatorial inventions, such as the ballcock.
Tattenham Corner 2011
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He's at his best suavely setting out mathematical equations for the optimum sizes of staircase risers, treads and goings, explaining the evolution of chimney technology and hymning the well-known achievements in the field of human waste of Messrs Bazalgette and Crapper.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson 2010
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I found out the guy who invented the flush toilet was named Thomas Crapper.
out of my mind SHARON M. DRAPER 2010
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