strapper

American  

[strap-er] / ˈstræp ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that straps.

2. Informal. a large, robust person.

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strapper British  

/ ˈstræpə /

noun

1. informal a strapping person

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Etymology

Origin of strapper

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

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Example Sentences

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strapper

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

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2013

He grew up a violent, strongwilled, liberty-loving strapper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Von Elm beat Watts Gunn, 8 and 7, and rollicked to a victory over a Chicago strapper named George Dawson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thro’out the Castle, every whipper-snapper Was canvassing the merits of this strapper: Most of the Men voted his size alarming; But all the Maids, nem. con. declare’d it charming!

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by George Colman

The usual question was put to the first girl, a strapper, who usually assisted her father, who was a publican, in waiting upon customers.

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