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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
roper
    n 1: a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment
         (especially one with a fixed game)
    2: a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
    3: a craftsman who makes ropes [syn: ropemaker, rope-maker,
       roper]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Roper \Rop"er\, n.
   1. A maker of ropes. --P. Plowman.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who ropes goods; a packer.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. One fit to be hanged. [Old Slang] --Douce.
      [1913 Webster]
3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Roper, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    613
   Housing Units (2000): 268
   Land area (2000):     0.867205 sq. miles (2.246051 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.867205 sq. miles (2.246051 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            57740
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             35.875877 N, 76.614905 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     27970
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Roper, NC
    Roper
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