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strapper

[ strap-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that straps.
  2. Informal. a large, robust person.


strapper

/ ˈstræpə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a strapping person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strapper1

First recorded in 1665–75; strap + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Tony Fear began working as a "strapper", or a new conductor, at the start of 1961 aged 18.

From BBC

Fans might have hankered after bona fide strappers like The Rock.

A habit of obedience to Mrs. Gilson was the one habit of the inn, the one common ground on which all, from Tom Gilson to the smallest strapper in the stable, came together.

Say, didn't they have any dumber strappers around than you?

She is what is delicately called a strapper, rosy-armed as the morning, and not a little of an Aurora about the ankles.

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