"scoper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scopers [plural]
Etymology: From scope + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|scope|-er}} scope + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} scoper (plural scopers)
  1. One who or that which scopes.
    Sense id: en-scoper-en-noun-y3BkVlZA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: scopers [plural]
Etymology: An allusion to the derogatory slur spastic, following the renaming of the National Spastics Society, a UK disability charity, to Scope in 1994. Head templates: {{en-noun}} scoper (plural scopers)
  1. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive, dated) Synonym of spastic (“stupid, clumsy person”). Tags: UK, dated, derogatory, offensive, slang Synonyms: spastic [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-scoper-en-noun-rKl1N8Bh Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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