ripper

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rip=per

CIDE DICTIONARY

ripper, n. [Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian.].

 One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.  [1913 Webster]
"But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish."  [1913 Webster]

ripper, n. 

•  One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.  [1913 Webster]
•  A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ripper, n.
1 a person or thing that rips.
2 a murderer who rips the victims' bodies.