stoneknapper

Noun

1. Alternative form of stone knapper.
   • Dick thought he was a "surveyor" or "stoneknapper," as the members of the geological survey were called. - 1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, A Galloway Herd, page 202:
   • Celibacy is a stage in human evolution, the last[…] the last light step in a progress that began with the small Javan stoneknapper, Australopithecus, and the mute little African, Pithecanthropus. - 1984, Brian Swann,...
   • This greater focus and increased control enabled the stoneknapper to produce sharper, straighter edges, resulting in a more efficient implement. This Acheulian stone tool became standardized as the basic H. erectus...