whapper

Her eye wandered to the further woodland, softest of all in hazy veils; to the nearer brilliant vegetation; the open fallow; the wood behind her, where the trees closed in upon each other; oftenest of all, at the 'whapper' of a tree in which Mr. Linden still kept his place, and at the happy busy sight and sound of all under that tree.

Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852

I want more whopper (mistyped first as whapper) eggs, a good book I haven't read yet, and an iced mocha.

jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2004

I also went on board a seventy-four, employed as a receiving ship; "a whapper! of her size," low between decks, but with a floor like a barn, and the greatest beam I ever saw in a two-decker.

Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Tyrone Power 1818

a heart big enough for you all; it's a whapper, you may depend, and every mite and morsel of it at your service. '

The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

a heart big enough for you all; its a whapper, you may depend, and every mite and morsel of it at your service. '

The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

"Now Mr. Linden," said Joe Deacon, "_this_ tree's a whapper!

Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852