crapper

Meanings

Noun

• A chamber pot or toilet, particularly a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
• A lavatory or outhouse.
• A half-glass of whiskey.

Adjective

• Comparative form or more of crap

Origin

• From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper.
• Of unknown origin.