strapper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of strapper
Example Sentences
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Tony Fear began working as a "strapper", or a new conductor, at the start of 1961 aged 18.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2013
Von Elm beat Watts Gunn, 8 and 7, and rollicked to a victory over a Chicago strapper named George Dawson.
From Time Magazine Archive
He grew up a violent, strongwilled, liberty-loving strapper.
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 Colman, George
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.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
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