strapper

[ strap-er ]

/ ˈstræp ər /

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noun

a person or thing that straps.

Informal. a large, robust person.

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Origin of strapper

First recorded in 1665–75; strap + -er¹

Words nearby strapper

strapline, strap-oil, strappado, strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy, strapwork, Strasberg, Strasbourg

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How to use strapper in a sentence

A minikin three-and-a-half-feet Colonel, being one day at the drill, was examining a strapper of six feet four.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
I have put an under-strapper upon writing a twopenny pamphlet to give an account of the whole design.
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift
Instead of being the shirtless strapper of a couple of vicious hack hunters.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour|R. S. Surtees
Go and round one up, Strapper; and leave me here alone to wrestle with his poor blinded soul.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet|George Bernard Shaw

They may roast me alive or cut me to ribbons; but Strapper Kemp shall never have the laugh on me over that job.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet|George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for strapper

strapper

/ (ˈstræpə) /

noun

informal a strapping person

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