Definition of "japers" []

• Plural form of japer. (noun)

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• "Men and women alike fled from their miserable homes to the ale-house, where they drank long draughts of cheap ale, and, in imitation of their superiors in station, listened to a low class of "japers" who recited"
• "Eleven of the japers & jokesters have been arrested after being stopped in an APC, wearing police uniforms."
• ""Hote pyes, hote!" pardoners, pilgrims, preachers, beggars, janglers who will not work, japers and "mynstralles" that sell "glee.""