'Ripper bill' definitions:

Definition of 'Ripper bill'

From: GCIDE

Ripper act \Rip"per act\ or Ripper bill \Rip"per bill\ An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]