understrapper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of understrapper
Example Sentences
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Michael Palin also threatened to "make the torture worse by shouting a lot", a role that fell to Sajid Javid, a Treasury understrapper who bellows a very great deal.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2013
This was to instruct his understrapper to fill the theatre with a rabble and have her hissed off the stage.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
Or perhaps seeing me inside he may have thought I was some understrapper belonging to the place.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph
An unexpected visit from some zealous police understrapper, a momentary want of presence of mind on the part of the timid steward; there was enough to bring about our undoing.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
An understrapper, say; the name will do; Or fellow-servant: such am I to you: For you, whose work I do, do others' work, And move as dolls move when their wires we jerk.
From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by Conington, John
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