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understrapper
[ uhn-der-strap-er ]
noun
- an underling.
understrapper
/ ˈʌndəˌstræpə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of understrapper1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of understrapper1
C18: from strap (in the archaic sense: to work hard)
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Example Sentences
They think you have come because you wanted to straighten out a low-down trick worked by an understrapper.
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Them is only one white man, a third assistant understrapper and ex-sailor—a common sailor.
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Or perhaps seeing me inside he may have thought I was some understrapper belonging to the place.
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This was to instruct his understrapper to fill the theatre with a rabble and have her hissed off the stage.
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I heard 'em say after, as he was an understrapper at Jermyn's.
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