perp
n.— «This “Wyatt Perp” getup has him barking with a drawl.» —“‘Putting On The Dog’ No Longer Exclusively For Us Human Beings” by Franklin Johnson in Chicago Eagle-Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) Mar. 10, 1959. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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