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
You and that understrapper of yours must enjoy moving bureaus.
From The Erie Train Boy by Horatio Alger
There was little uncertainty about what would happen to him, for he knew that his conscience would not permit him to become an understrapper for Garrity.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
And what is a great deal worse, it will keep me still in my ruined dungeons, a spy, an intriguer, an understrapper, when I am fit to be one of the foremost.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Well, I suppose some understrapper there got to hear of it, and probably sold the thing to one of the men who gather up garbage for the "Liar."
From Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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