catnapper

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15
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19
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9

Definition of catnapper

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who takes a short sleep or nap.
    “Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps.”
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noun

  1. One who takes a short sleep or nap.
    “Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps.”
  2. The kidnapper of a cat.
    “Mr. Harding was contacted by the catnappers, and arrangements were made for him to pay a ransom and recover the animal.”

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Etymology

From catnap + -er or blend of cat + kidnapper.

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